fairy dust

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A magical powder that would give the power of flight to whoever it was sprinkled on.

   • Of course Peter had been trifling with them, for no one can fly unless the fairy dust has been blown on him.
2. 2

   Any apparently magical ingredient or effect

   Any apparently magical ingredient or effect; a panacea.

   • It's not that some magic private sector fairy dust makes the firms all be runs^([sic]) soundly. Lots of bad businesses are out there. But they tend to lose money and close.
3. 3

   The drug phencyclidine.

   • This led to a certain amount of complacency on my part and certainly the fairy dust and mescaline cocktails I took day and night could only have contributed to my uncommonly satiated drive for a good fuck.

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