opium den

English

Noun

opium den (plural opium dens)

1. (historical) An establishment in which opium is sold and smoked.
   • 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, pages 49-50:

     The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.

Translations

place where opium is sold and smoked

• Danish: opiumshule (da) c, opiumhule (da) c
• Dutch: opiumhol n
• Finnish: oopiumiluola
• German: Opiumhöhle f
• Spanish: fumadero de opio m
• Swedish: opiumhåla (sv) c