dexie, n. slang (orig. U.S.).
(ˈdɛksɪ)
Also dexy, and with cap. initial.
[f. Dexedrine n. + -ie.]
A tablet of the drug Dexedrine (usu. in pl.); also, the drug itself. Cf. *dex n.
| 1956 S. Longstreet Real Jazz xviii. 146 Of course, you can take bennies (Benzedrine) or dexies (Dexedrine), but they make me too nervous. 1960 Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 145/2 Dexie, dexy,..Dexedrine; Dexedrine tablets. a 1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 106 Now I'm in Danny's music store, in a booth, just took dexy... Have fifty-five dollars..and fifteen dexies. 1970 L. Sanders Anderson Tapes xxvii. 79, I think he's on something. I'd guess Dexies. 1972 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 May ii. 1/1 Death (perhaps murder, possibly self-induced) after several months of taking ‘Dexie’, marijuana, ‘copilots’, LSD, heroin, everything. 1984 Sounds 29 Dec. 24/4 Contrary to what he tells us, he sounds like he's gobbled 100 Dexys in one go. |