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hop⋅head

  [hop-hed]
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–noun Older Slang.
a narcotics addict, esp. an opium addict.
Origin:
1910–15; hop 2 + head
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hop·head   (hŏp'hěd')   
n.   Slang
A drug addict.

[hop2 + head.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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hophead

  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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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