nose beer

English

Noun

nose beer (countable and uncountable, plural nose beers)

1. (slang, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) Cocaine.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cocaine

   • 2018, Matty Matheson, Matty Matheson: A Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Abrams, →ISBN, page 213:

     I loved Pierogi Night because our dishwasher, and my hero, Jesse B. Harris would boil and fry all the pierogis while I took part in the festivities by doing everything I could get my little hands on. Nose beers, wink.

   • 2021, Colin Falconer, Angels Weep, London: Constable, →ISBN, page 121:

     'He must put in a lot of overtime. What was wrong with him?' ¶ 'I don't know. He just seemed jumpy.' ¶ 'Too much nose beer, maybe.'

   • 2023 August 14, shans.bruh, Instagram‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2023:

     A nose beer is the perfect pre for this gym

References

• “nose beer n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “nose beer, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

• “nose beer”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.