pink toe(s)

“A light-skinned African-American woman, a white girl. 1930–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

purple haze

“The drug LSD. 1967–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

purple heart

“A tablet of the stimulant Drinamyl, an amphetamine. 1961–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

rainbow

“A capsule of the barbituates Amytral and Seconal, of which one end is blue and the other red. 1970–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red

“An anarchist or republican; a Russian Bolshevik, a communist or extreme socialist. . . . 1851–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red ball

“A fast goods train or lorry; priority freight. 1927–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red cent

“A cent; an insignificant amount of money (in negative expressions). 1839–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red-eye

“1. Rough, strong whisky. 1819–. . . . 2. Tomato ketchup. 1927–. 3. As adjective applied to aeroplane flights on which passengers are unable to get enough sleep because of differences in time-zones between the place of departure and arrival, etc. 1968–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red-hot

“1. Sexy, passionate; lively. 1887–. . . . 3. A frankfurter or hot dog. 1892–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red-hot momma

“1. An earthy woman jazz-singer. 1926–. 2. A female lover or girlfriend. 1936–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.