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hop joint

hop joint noun: an establishment where opium is smoked.

Noun

hop joint (plural hop joints)

  1. (slang) An establishment where opium is smoked.
    • There's quite a trade in laudanum since the police started shaking down the hop-joints so much.1915, George Bronson-Howard, God's Man, page 39
    • Another female inmate of her abode told her its use would bring luck, so she spent a day in a "hop joint" smoking opium until night came.1897, John Sanderson Christison, Crime and Criminals, page 58

Forms of hop joint

pluralhop joints

Questions about hop joint

What does hop joint mean?
Hop joint means an establishment where opium is smoked.
What part of speech is hop joint?
Hop joint is a noun.
What is the plural of hop joint?
The plural of hop joint is hop joints.

Words near hop joint in the dictionary

  1. hop hornbeam
  2. hop hornbeams
  3. hop in
  4. hop into
  5. hop it
  6. hop joint
  7. hop joints
  8. hop merchant
  9. hop merchants
  10. hop n pop
  11. hop off

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