smackhead

British  

/ ˈsmækˌhɛd /

noun

1. slang  a person who is addicted to heroin

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Example Sentences

Of the Happy Mondays’ era-defining Glastonbury triumph in 1990, frontman Shaun Ryder says: “I only remember the sex and drugs. I had a bird in me hotel. I’d see her, then I’d go back and sit in the luggage compartment of the tourbus with my smackhead buddies doing gear. The intro to our set was so long because they had to drag me out of the boot of the bus.”

From The Guardian

Mullen recalled to me that heroin abuse was common in his neighborhood, noting that one of his relatives was a recovering “smackhead.”

From The New Yorker

“Choose life,” began his monologue as smackhead Mark Renton in Danny Boyle’s film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting.

From The Guardian

"It's like that programme Shameless round here, mate. They're all smackhead or crackheads."

From BBC

Link to video: Beware of Mr Baker: Q&A with Ginger Baker A refreshing aspect of this film about Ginger Baker, the legendary 73-year-old rock and jazz drummer, and former smackhead given to smacking people in the head, is that it doesn't mention the phrase "national treasure".

From The Guardian