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mandrakes

Pronunciation of the name of a particular British-manufactured quaalude, "Mandrax."

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by Siegfried Zaga May 22, 2005

Mandrake

A mandrake is the root of a plant, historically derived either from plants of the genus Mandragora found in the Mediterranean region sufficient quantities, it induces a state of unconsciousness

"The mandrakes send out their fragrance" -Cantique 7.13 Bible

by v-Yxss December 11, 2022

mandrake

A slang Victorian era term for a male homosexual.

Your cousin is most certainly a mandrake, he even wears a pansy in his lapel.

by MrMurdoch August 16, 2012

Mandrake

A distro of Linux which is similar to Redhat, except that it does not take up much disk space, and is fairly easy for helping Windows users to learn how to use Linux.

Mandrake Linux rules!

by AYB February 16, 2003

Mandrake

The Group Captain from Her Majesty's Royal Air Force who participates in the officer exchange program with the Burpelson Air Force Base in the film Dr. Strangelove. He tries to get the persuade General Jack D. Ripper to recall or give him the recall codes for the bomb wing set to drop nuclear weapons inside Russian borders.

I'm what you might call a water man, Jacky old boy.

by Phlagellum October 24, 2003

mandrake

Quaalude. (Downer pills/pantydroppers).

"Let's give these ladies some mandrakes"

by AK March 03, 2005

mandrake

A semi-chewed piece of food (it can be any food but most commonly a sandwich) which is spat out onto the ground. Someone may wish to birth a mandrake for several reasons: an unpleasant tasting mouthful, an unwanted object e.g. a fly may have entered the eater’s mouth without consent or even just for fun. The word originates from North Yorkshire where a boy named Caleb first gave birth to a mandrake outside U07 at South Craven School.

Oh look at that mandrake on the floor, it looks just like the insides of a Big Mac.

by Simon Hunter January 11, 2005