Meaning of opium-eater | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who uses opium as a recreational drug; an opium addict.

Examples

“Turkish opium-eaters it seems, are absurd enough to sit⟳, like⟳ so many equestrian statues, on logs of wood as stupid as themselves.”

“The mind⟳ (brain), utterly prostrate after the effect had ceased, required still more imperatively than in the case of the opium-eater a fresh supply⟳ to the deceased imagination[.]”

“We were like⟳ confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason⟳ we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly were not prepared to abandon its terrible delights.”

“The opium-eater prepares "Number⟳ Seven" and the Chowdhri sips it, along with information regarding market conditions, the rise⟳ and fall⟳ in prices, and the prevailing political atmosphere, all of which he gets from an Urdu daily[.]”

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