Fishscale
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The scale of a fish. countable
- 2 Cocaine, usually of high quality, taken directly off the brick and uncut. slang, uncountable
"The kids out here don't know a flake from a fish—if you asked them what fishscale is, they wouldn't know. [Fishscale is high-grade cocaine powder with few rock-like chunks.]"
Example
More examples"The kids out here don't know a flake from a fish—if you asked them what fishscale is, they wouldn't know. [Fishscale is high-grade cocaine powder with few rock-like chunks.]"
Etymology
From fish + scale. The use for sense 2 is from its appearance as shiny yellowish flakes resembling the scales of a fish, as opposed to dull white powder.
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