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English
Etymology
From dope + fiend.
Noun
dope fiend (plural dope fiends)
- (derogatory, dated) A person who abuses drugs.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:addict
1914, Arthur B Reeve, “The Toxin of Death”, in The Dream Doctor (The Craig Kennedy Series), New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 163:Of course you know how prohibition works in many places and how the law is beaten. The dope fiends seem to be doing the same thing with this law.
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