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English citations of viper
Noun
"a marijuana smoker"
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a. 1936, Stuff Smith (lyrics and music), “If You're a Viper”:Dreamed about a reefer five feet long / Mighty Mezz, but not too strong / You'll be high but not for long / If you're a viper
1938 March 12, “Tea for a Viper”, in New Yorker, page 49:They said reefers only make them happy. They didn't know a single viper who was vicious or mad.
1948, H. L. Mencken, The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States; Supplement II, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 681:A marihuana smoker is a viper, tea-man or reefing-man, a cigarette is a reefer, stick, killer, goof-but, giggle-smoke, gyve or twist, smoking is viping or sending, a place devoted to sending is a pad and a peddler is a pusher.