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opium dens

opium dens is the plural of opium den.

Meaning of opium den

Noun

opium den (plural opium dens)

  1. (historical) An establishment in which opium was sold and smoked.
    • The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50

Questions about opium dens

What is opium dens the plural of?
Opium dens is the plural of opium den.

Words near opium dens in the dictionary

  1. Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome
  2. opium
  3. opium alkaloid
  4. opium alkaloids
  5. opium den
  6. opium dens
  7. opium lamp
  8. opium lamps
  9. opium of the people
  10. opium pillow
  11. opium pillows

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