DP, noun1

Forms:
Also deepie.
Initial letters of Durban poison, see Durban.
1978 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) 13 Oct. 15Dope is the most important thing in their lives and they pay exorbitant rates for DP, and stuff from the Transkei, Lesotho and Swaziland.
1978 Darling 8 Nov. 66Ask someone from overseas why South Africa is famous and..a few, a very small minority, will grin and say: ‘Durban Poison, man.’ Why? Because DP, dagga, is just about the best high in the world, fit to rank..in the dope smoker’s list of all-time greats.
1979 Sunday Times 2 Sept. 3The transcript read: ‘..I am going to send you such a small amount you know, so it’s undetectable in the letter, of this “deepie”’ (slang term for a type of dagga).
Initial letters of Durban poison, see Durban.
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down, adverbadv.DP, nounn.2
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