n. a drug dealer. (Drugs.) : Junkies should be put into the jug.
n. a drug user; an addict. (Drugs.) : Junkies have to steal to support their habits.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Allow real junkies to use their drug of choice inside a junkie sanitarium or compound.
The book is one of the best research tools around for any college basketballjunkie.
Regardless, a junkie can't give up the habit by looking for more hits.
So, if you're a political junkie, fire up your computer and watch the returns come in today.
Billy, whom one character admiringly describes as an adrenaline junkie, lives for speed.
Of course, every junkie eventually hits rock bottom, at which point there is no more money that can be squeezed out of them.
There is no evidence to suggest that the informant is a junkie.
You're caught up in this junkie behavior, and you have to keep upping the dose.
Your standard tobacco junkie, will probably go the whole life, without spending more than a day or two off the wretched stuff.
He does have a reputation for being an adrenaline junkie.