opium den

noun

An establishment in which opium was sold and smoked.

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Meanings

nounopium den (plural opium dens)

plural opium dens

  1. historicalAn establishment in which opium was sold and smoked.

    The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.

    2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
drug den

Translations

Danish opiumshule, opiumhule
  • opiumshuleplace where opium is sold and smoked
  • opiumhuleplace where opium is sold and smoked
Dutch opiumhol
  • opiumholplace where opium is sold and smoked
Finnish oopiumiluola
  • oopiumiluolaplace where opium is sold and smoked
German Opiumhöhle
  • Opiumhöhleplace where opium is sold and smoked
Polish palarnia opium
  • palarnia opiumplace where opium is sold and smoked
Spanish fumadero de opio
  • fumadero de opioplace where opium is sold and smoked
Swedish opiumhåla
  • opiumhålaplace where opium is sold and smoked
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APA

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Chicago

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