Charlie; charlie
noun
1
cocaine. The phonetic alphabet has 'Charlie' for 'C' in use from around the same time that 'charlie' for 'cocaine' first appears. Also spelt 'charley' US, 1935.
2
crack cocaine UK, 2000.
3
a member of the Viet Cong US, 1965.
4
the Viet Cong US, 1966.
5
a fool. Often as 'a right charlie' or 'a proper charlie'. Possibly a reduction of CHARLIE HUNT (a CUNT) somewhat softened, or simply a jocular nomination, perhaps referring to a professional fool such as Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) UK, 1959.
6
a white man, or white men in general US, 1928.
7
a woman. Short for CHARLIE WHEELER (a woman) AUSTRALIA, 1942.
8
a female prostitute AUSTRALIA, 1950.
9
the bleed period of the menstrual cycle AUSTRALIA, 2002.
10
a glass or bottle of Carlsberg™ lager. Used by the British Army in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Noted by Beale, 1974 UK, 1974.
11
a dollar US, 1924.
12
in poker, the third player to the left of the dealer US, 1988.► go to see Uncle Charlieto use cocaine, especially to go to a lavatory for discreet ingestion of the drug UK, 2001