Tuinal
English
Etymology
Proprietary name.
Noun
Tuinal (uncountable)
- A depressant sedative drug comprising two barbituates (secobarbital sodium and amobarbital sodium) in equal quantities, formerly widely used as a recreational drug.
- 1985, Shane MacGowan, ‘The Old Main Drag’:
- In the cold winter nights, the old town it was chill / But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills / If you didn't have the money, you'd cajole or you'd beg / There was always lots of tuinal on the old main drag.
- 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury 2011, p. 68:
- Richard's suit of Ursula was progressing, albeit at the pace of a snail on Tuinal.
- 1985, Shane MacGowan, ‘The Old Main Drag’: