marching powder

English

Noun

marching powder (uncountable)

1. (slang) Cocaine.
   • 1998 November 8, Robbie Robinson, “Re : who is going to the jazz club?”, in alt.fan.eddie-izzard‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-28:

     It'll be hard to come up with that much Peruvian Marching Powder, though.

   • 2000 December 20, Kurious Oranj, “The Poor Are Getting Poorer.”, in nz.politics‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-28:

     Maybe Malaysia had less corrupt politicians than Jamaica or Columbia. Maybe the population doesn't spend all day stuffing marching powder up its noses and buckles down and gets some work done.

   • 2001 February 19, Fletcher, “The Poor Are Getting Poorer.”, in rec.audio.pro‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-28:

     > >> > How many other people on r.a.p. were in a marching band?
     >
     I used to do alot of 'marching powder'...and used to work for bands...does that count?

   • 2021 November 29, Ahem A Rivet's Shot, “Droning on”, in uk.rec.sheds‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-28:

     She said she'd done that and didn't want to do it again - then hootered off to Peru to write a bilingual novel in English and an obscure South American language I'd never heard of and now can't remember the name. Wound up getting rescued from jail there by her fan club (she was a bit fond of the marching powder).

Related terms

• Bolivian marching powder

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “marching powder”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang