Tuinal

Tuinal

English

Etymology

Proprietary name.

Noun

Tuinal (uncountable)

1. A depressant sedative drug comprising two barbituates (secobarbital sodium and amobarbital sodium) in equal quantities, formerly widely used as a recreational drug.
   • 1985, Shane MacGowan, ‘The Old Main Drag’:

     In the cold winter nights, the old town it was chill / But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills / If you didn't have the money, you'd cajole or you'd beg / There was always lots of tuinal on the old main drag.

   • 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury 2011, p. 68:

     Richard's suit of Ursula was progressing, albeit at the pace of a snail on Tuinal.

Anagrams

• Luntai, inlaut, unital