hophead

hop·head

[hop-hed]
noun Older Slang.
a narcotics addict, especially an opium addict.

Origin:
1910–15; hop2 + head

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hophead (ˈhɒpˌhɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
slang chiefly (US) a heroin or opium addict
 
[C20: from obsolete slang hop opium; see hop²]

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Hophead is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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hophead definition


  1. n.
    an alcoholic or a drunkard. : Ernie is a well-established and incurable hophead.
  2. n.
    a drug user; someone under the effects of drugs. (Drugs.) : The hopheads are taking over this part of town.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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