. _:vb6886035 . _:vb6886036 "Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart."@en . _:vb6886035 "(slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug). [from 20th c.]"@en . _:vb6886037 "As for myself, I take a bang now and then\u2014I know plenty of croakers\u2014but I really couldn't keep up a habit without a lot of running around and bother."@en . _:vb6886036 . _:vb6886037 . "10" . _:vb6886036 "1951 December 20, William S. Burroughs, \u201CTo Allen Ginsberg\u201D, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945\u20131959, New York: Penguin, published 1993, \u2192ISBN, page 98:"@en . _:vb6886037 "1952 January 19, William S. Burroughs, \u201CTo Allen Ginsberg\u201D, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945\u20131959, New York: Penguin, published 1993, \u2192ISBN, page 101:"@en .