Smack

n.

Heard in Dublin and Tipperary

Heroin or illicit hard drugs.

In use

Don't mind them bleedin' smack-heads lingering around the lane.

Posh English

Pay no heed whatsoever to those wretched narcotics addicts loitering about the alleyway.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Smack-headA heroin addict. A junkie.
  • HardA tough or formidable fellow, especially one who considers himself a hard man.
  • Hard as the hobs of hellExtremely hard or unyielding.
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  • RacketAn illicit or illegal enterprise, especially one involving contraband or drugs.
  • A slapA blow or smack, either from another person or from falling heavily.