opium
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3(noun.)
VERB + OPIUM
smoke
OPIUM + NOUN
poppy | den
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noun
A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe:[…]
Opium is largely used by the Chinese as a sexual provocation, both by men and women.
Anything that numbs or stupefies.
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.
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6From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe:[…]
WiktionaryOpium is largely used by the Chinese as a sexual provocation, both by men and women.
WiktionaryReligion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.
WiktionaryReligion is the opium of the people.
Tatoeba · #266310Neither wine, nor opium, nor tobacco are necessary for people’s lives.
Tatoeba · #1724922The "Red Dragon" is a well-known gambling and opium den.
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