head shop

noun, Slang.
1.
a shop selling paraphernalia of interest to drug users or associated with the use of drugs.
Origin
1965-70, Americanism
Examples from the web for head shop
  • However, head shop bans have shifted smoking from products using water filtration to rolled joints.
  • She wrote him almost daily, on stationery with psychedelic filigree which she'd bought at a head shop.
Word Origin and History for head shop
n.

emporium for stoner gear, by 1969 (noted in 1966 as the name of a specific shop in New York City selling psychedelic stuff), from head (n.) in the drug sense.

Slang definitions & phrases for head shop

head shop

noun phrase

A shop selling various accessories of the drug culture and hippie culture, such as water pipes, holders for marijuana cigarettes, psychedelic posters, incense, etc (1960s+ Counterculture)