devil's dust

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Noun

devil's dust (uncountable)

  1. (slang, informal) Any type of powder or dustlike substance whose use or effect is considered to be harmful or malevolent.
    Coordinate term: angel dust (clenbuterol)
  2. (obsolete) Shoddy produced by a machine called the devil (A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc).

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