muggle

Definition

Marijuana.

Etymology

Origin unknown; first known to have come into use in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., in the mid-1920s.

Example Sentences

• "But there was a drug in New Orleans, although it took me over nine months to find out anything about it—a drug of a very different and insidious kind! [...] It looked like chopped hay, or dried clover, and was rolled up in a double brown cigarette paper. In short, a "muggles", "weed", or "mootie", cannabis indica, Indian hemp, or, to give it its Mexican name, marijuana, which translated into English just means Mary Jane!"
• "The boy said he had been in the habit of smoking something which youthful friends called "muggles," a childish name for marihuana."
• "While marijuana was still legal in New York, businessmen wanted to package Mezz [Mezzrow]'s muggle and turn it into a high-powered criminal enterprise. While tempted, Mezz rejected those efforts, as well."