works
n.— «Works…Spoon, safety pin or eyedropped [sic], used for same [i.e., “one injection.”].» —“Slang of Drug Addicts” by Canny; David Rosenberg in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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