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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