morphineuse
Noun
A woman who habitually takes morphine, a female morphine addict; also, a woman who supplies morphine to users.
Usage- Historical
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The morphineuse is an old woman who makes a profession of injecting morphia into the smart women and the demi-mondaines who frequent her house.
[H]ers was the restless wretchedness of a morphineuse deprived of the drug.
More examples (1)
The pitted breast and arms of the morphineuse became a key element in the iconography of needle-dancing.
Word forms
morphineuses