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opium
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Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
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The place in question was more or less well known as an opium-den of the lowest description.†
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opium = a powerful narcotic
Of course, the proprietor of the opium-den denied everything with Oriental stolidity.†
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In any case, the police were wrong: no opium was ever smoked there.†
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The proprietor of the opium-den was also taken into custody, but a cursory raid of his premises yielded nothing.†
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Not even a stick of opium rewarded the zeal of the police.†
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Besides, shall not a Belgian gentleman with a moustache desire to see life and smoke opium just as readily as one without a moustache?†
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Then they brought us the opium-pipes and cooked the opium-pills, and we pretended to smoke and then to sleep and dream.†
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Then they brought us the opium-pipes and cooked the opium-pills, and we pretended to smoke and then to sleep and dream.†
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I fancy Mr Pearson smoked the opium fairly often down there and had some peculiar friends in consequence.†
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Definitions:

(1) (opium)
a powerful drug made from a type of poppy; relieves pain and aids sleep, but highly addictive and dangerous when abused recreationally
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)