p
n.— «Police discovered at least four youngsters, one a 10-year-old, had allegedly been used by the pair as assistants in making methamphetamine also known as P.» —“Dawn raids target P dealers in Hawke’s Bay” Stuff (N. Zealand) Aug. 18, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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