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单词 hophead
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hophead

[ hop-hed ]
/ ˈhɒpˌhɛd /
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noun Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

a person addicted to narcotics, especially opium.

Origin of hophead

First recorded in 1910–15; hop2 (in the sense “a narcotic drug”) + head (in the sense “habitual user of a drug”)

Words nearby hophead

Hopeh, hopeless, hopelessness, Hope springs eternal, Hopewell, hophead, hop hornbeam, Hopi, hop into, Hopkins, Hopkinsianism
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British Dictionary definitions for hophead

hophead
/ (ˈhɒpˌhɛd) /

noun

slang, mainly US a heroin or opium addict

Word Origin for hophead

C20: from obsolete slang hop opium; see hop ²
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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