dope addict

[ dohp-ad-ikt ]

/ ˈdoʊp ˌæd ɪkt /

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noun Slang: Offensive.

a person addicted to drugs.

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Origin of dope addict

First recorded in 1930–35

But today, these artists are as serious about making dope songs as they are about their faith.
Down With the King: Christianity Isn’t Hiding in Rap’s Closet|Stereo Williams|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond.
This Week’s Hot Reads: December 22, 2014|Mythili Rao|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was an on-and-off drug addict and sometimes a criminal; he was a collector of switchblades and vintage Disney T-shirts.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Because they agree that Ty Burrell looks like Jon Hamm if Jon Hamm were a crack addict?
The Latest "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets"|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lamb said to himself, "That dope goes around in a rut and I'll get in one too just following him and then I will get sore."
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
"We'll have to dope out some way to get something to eat," said Mercer.
The Fire People|Ray Cummings
At any rate, we must now put our heads together and dope out just what to do in this smuggling case.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle
Of course a man will hate to believe that this is true of himself, but sooner or later money affects him as drugs do a dope-fiend.
The Crow's Nest|Clarence Day, Jr.
To-day the covered wing is treated with a substance known as “dope,” which shrinks it till it is “tight as a drum.”
The Romance of Aircraft|Lawrence Yard Smith