opium den

English

Noun

opium den (plural opium dens)

  1. (historical) An establishment in which opium was sold and smoked.
    • 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50:
      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.

References

“opium den”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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