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opium den

noun

  1. a place where opium is sold and used

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Upstairs, the primary suite adds a wraparound veranda and opium den accessed by a hand-carved ladder.

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He said he taught her to blow smoke that way, drawing on memories of opium dens he had walked past as a child in Shanghai.

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The basement beneath the Pekin is a maze of narrow hallways connecting cluttered rooms that once were illegal gaming parlors, offices and an opium den.

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On this date in 1911, The Arizona Republic reported a raid on the Chinatown district of Phoenix which uncovered four opium dens in full operation.

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Those days died out with opium dens and high collars on dresses.

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