morphineuse — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A woman who habitually takes morphine, a female morphine addict; also, a woman who supplies morphine to users.

   Uso

   • storico

   Esempi

   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.

   Altri esempi (1)

   The pitted breast and arms of the morphineuse became a key element in the iconography of needle-dancing.