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inhaling fumes off heroin burnt on silver foil
Male Virgin. It was really funny when Coors beer came out with their advertisement slogan, "Go get a Silver Bullet tonight". Went right past the adults and censors.
Silver and gold is London Cockney rhyming slang for old.
silver coloured coins, typically a handful or piggy-bankful of different ones - i.e., a mixture of 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p. Commonly used in speech as 'some silver' or 'any silver', for example: "Have you got any silver for the car-park?" or What tip shall we leave?" ... "Some silver will do." In fact 'silver' coins are now made of cupro-nickel 75% copper, 25% nickel (the 20p being 84% and 16% for some reason). The slang term 'silver' in relation to monetary value has changed through time, since silver coins used to be far more valuable. In fact arguably the modern term 'silver' equates in value to 'coppers' of a couple of generations ago. Silver featured strongly in the earliest history of British money, so it's pleasing that the word still occurs in modern money slang. Interestingly also, pre-decimal coins (e.g., shillings, florins, sixpences) were minted in virtually solid silver up until 1920, when they were reduced to a still impressive 50% silver content. The modern 75% copper 25% nickel composition was introduced in 1947. Changes in coin composition necessarily have to stay ahead of economic attractions offered by the scrap metal trade. It is therefore only a matter of time before modern 'silver' copper-based coins have to be made of less valuable metals, upon which provided they remain silver coloured I expect only the scrap metal dealers will notice the difference.
Silver spoon is London Cockney rhyming slang for the moon.
Silvery moon is abusive London Cockney rhyming slang for a black person (coon).
Silver bar is American military slang for a Lieutenant or Marine st Lieutenant.
Marijuana
Old Black. Silverbacks are the leaders in a pack of gorillas.
Cockney rhyming slang for Coon - Silvery Moon - Silvery.
the coating of ice formed on trees in the spring by a frost following quickly on a thaw
Silvertail is Australian and New Zealand slang for a socially prominent person.
 A shilling. (Etymologially descended from the Dinarious, or ancient silver penny of Britain...)
Ritalin
Quick Silver is slang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug).
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Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
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Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.
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Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
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Made of silver.
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A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
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A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit.
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The state of being silvery.
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Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
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To make hoary, or white, like silver.
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One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
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A small silver coin.
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Like silver in appearance or in sound.
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Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
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Besprinkled or covered with silver.
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Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.
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The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.
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of Silverize
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To acquire a silvery color.
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of Silverize
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To cover with silver.
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