Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A capsule or tablet of the illicit drug methaqualone.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In 1977, Polanski had been accused of raping the 13-year old girlduring a photo shoot, with the aid of champagne and a quaalude pill.
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In 1977, Polanski had been accused of raping the 13-year old girlduring a photo shoot, with the aid of champagne and a quaalude pill.
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Ignoring her explicit pleas and protests, he fed her champagne and a quaalude, forced her to undress, and then vaginally and anally penetrated her.
Jaclyn Friedman: We Are All Polanski's Victims, and We All Deserve Justice 2009
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The French press has been reluctant to repeat the actual facts of Polanski's bêtise: i.e. that the grand jury testimony recounts that on March 10, 1977, a thirteen year old girl was given champagne, a half-quaalude, and then sodomized, while she continually protested.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was supposed to be a photo shoot, but the girl told the grand jury Polanski gave her champagne and a quaalude, then forced her into sex.
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As shitty as his crime was, the fact he gave her alcohol and a quaalude is irrelevent.
LOL: Chris Rock Speaks the Truth About Roman Polanski | /Film 2009
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Ignoring her explicit pleas and protests, he fed her champagne and a quaalude, forced her to undress, and then vaginally and anally penetrated her.
Jaclyn Friedman: We Are All Polanski's Victims, and We All Deserve Justice 2009
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And he'd given her champagne and part of a quaalude.
Facebook Healings Steven Barnes 2009
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She also offers Susan her very first quaalude, which Susan swallows obediently (without water!).
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You are definitely one who would be improved by regular quaalude consumption.
"The GOP has persuaded the public of the wisdom of its fetish for populating the U.S. coastline with oil rigs." Ann Althouse 2008
Jimmydiamond commented on the word quaalude
marketing name for methaqualone sold as a sleeping pill in the year 1966
August 12, 2013