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FUMERIE OPIUM [1 record]

Record 1 1990-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Criminology
CONT

When opium dens became illegal [in the U.S.A.] the larger smoking-houses were closed [but] the small dens in Chinatown were well patronized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Criminologie
DEF

fumerie : (Courant) Lieu où l'on fume l'opium.

CONT

Si les Anglais mangèrent l'opium (...) les Français le fumèrent (...). Au début du siècle, on comptait dans tout le pays plusieurs milliers de fumeries d'opium.

Spanish

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