opium den
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English
Noun
opium den (plural opium dens)
- (historical) An establishment in which opium was sold and smoked.
- 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50:
- 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.
Translations
place where opium is sold and smoked
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