dope fiend

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See also: dopefiend

English

Etymology

From dope +‎ fiend.

Noun

dope fiend (plural dope fiends)

  1. (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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