Texas tea

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Crude oil. countable, slang, uncountable

    "Marshall didn't stumble on his fortune, but sure enough, his well was filled by the same Texas tea."

  2. 2
    Motor oil. countable, slang, uncountable

    "My car just hit 3,000 so it needs some new Texas tea."

  3. 3
    A video slot machine that has a Texas oil industry theme. countable, uncountable

    "My hat itches and I have lost nine dollars at Texas Tea."

  4. 4
    A variation of Long Island iced tea, a highly potent mixed drink made of a variety of alcoholic ingredients, without any actual iced tea. countable, uncountable

    "Cowboy Cocktails, such as Jack and Seven, also known as Seven and Seven in the South (Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 and 7UP), Texas Comfort (Southern Comfort and Ginger Ale), Texas Tea (Jack Daniel's and Pepsi, among other ingredients), whiskey/bourbon on the rocks or straight up, and whiskey sours may find their way on to your beverage menu."

  5. 5
    Iced tea. Texas, countable, uncountable

    "It gave Mike time to make me some Texas tea.” Martin looked puzzled. “I thought Texas tea was slang for oil.” “It may be. But to Texans like Mike and me, it merely means well-brewed, properly iced tea.”"

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  1. 6
    Strong coffee. countable, uncountable

    "The event, sponsored by the ESA Student Involvement Committee, featured a Texas-sized cake from Mrs. Johnson's Bakery and gallons of Texas Tea, donated by Enterprise Coffee Beans, Dallas"

  2. 7
    Marijuana. countable, slang, uncountable

    "'Are you smoking ghanja?' 'What?' 'Texas tea, grass, greefo, hay, Mary Jane, pot?' 'Texas tea?' 'Have you been getting blasted?'"

  3. 8
    Purple drank. countable, slang, uncountable

    "But she went to her car and came back with a purple pharmacist's refill bottle of promethazine-codeine cough syrup. She called it Texas tea."

  4. 9
    Diluted fertilizer filtered through manure. countable, uncountable

    "I had put a drain at the bottom of the barrel so I could direct the flow of water where I desired. Some people have referred to this liquid as “Texas Tea”, no offense, so I will refer to it as tea."

  5. 10
    A mixture of drugs (pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride, and sodium thiopental) used to execute a person by lethal injection. US, countable, slang, uncountable

    "San Quentin’s execution logs indicate that, during six of the prison’s eleven lethal injections, the condemned may have been partly conscious; similar findings have led eight states to suspend use of the chemical mixture—sometimes called Texas Tea—employed in most of the death-penalty states, including California."

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