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opium-eating

opium-eating adjective: that uses opium as a recreational drug.

Adjective

opium-eating (not comparable)

  1. That uses opium as a recreational drug.
    • The opium-eating sod sidled off gurgling. He hadn't understood.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 72

Questions about opium-eating

What does opium-eating mean?
Opium-eating means that uses opium as a recreational drug.
What part of speech is opium-eating?
Opium-eating is an adjective.

Words near opium-eating in the dictionary

  1. opium poppy
  2. Opium War
  3. Opium Wars
  4. opium-eater
  5. opium-eaters
  6. opium-eating
  7. opiumism
  8. opiumist
  9. opiumists
  10. opiumlike
  11. opiums

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