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hot shot
 n.— «Some cops believe the suspect was given a deliberate “hot shot,” a street term for a lethal dose of heroin.» —“Homicide cop to testify on threat” by Bob Holliday Winnpeg Sun (Manitoba, Can.) Mar. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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