hophead

[hop-hed] /ˈhɒpˌhɛd/
noun, Older Slang.
1.
a narcotics addict, especially an opium addict.
Origin
1910-15; hop2 + head
British Dictionary definitions for hophead

hophead

/ˈhɒpˌhɛd/
noun
1.
(slang, mainly US) a heroin or opium addict
Word Origin
C20: from obsolete slang hop opium; see hop²
Word Origin and History for hophead
n.

"opium addict," 1911, from hop (n.2) + head (n.) in the drug sense.

Slang definitions & phrases for hophead

hophead

noun

A drug addict; head: deprive a ''hophead'' of narcotics/ the bench with its bittersweet words: winos, hopheads, the omnipresent graffiti (1911+ Narcotics)