1821 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater in Sept. 294 If opium-eating be a sensual pleasure..it is no less true that I have struggled against this fascinating enthralment with a religious zeal.
1867 4 May 25 We are wont to speak of ‘opium-eating’ as if this were the only way of using the narcotic.
1997 (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Style section) c1 Berlioz..is often charicatured as a poetry-drunk, opium-eating, Heaven-storming Romantic.