drugger
(ˈdrʌgə(r))
Also 6 druggier, -eir.
[f. drug n.1 (in senses 2 and 3 f. drug v.2) + -er1, -ier. Cf. F. drogueur.]
† 1. A dealer in drugs, a druggist. Obs.
| 1594 Nashe Terrors Nt. E ij, The hungrie druggier..agrees to anything, and to Court he goes. 1596 ― Saffron Walden 109 Another craftie mortring Druggeir. 1610 B. Jonson Alch. iv. vii, He owes this honest Drugger here seven pound..[for] Tabacco. 1628 Earle Microcosm., Meer dull Physician (Arb.) 25 Then follows a writ to his drugger in a strange tongue. 1845 S. Nayler Reynard Introd. 42 The prelate, the lawyer, the drugger, are here fitted to their hearts' content. |
2. One who administers a drug.
| 1836 E. Howard R. Reefer l, I became..lethargically drowsy..They are skilful druggers. 1893 Daily News 16 Dec. 5/1 The child was observed by this persistent drugger..to be ‘red all over’. |
3. One who takes narcotic, etc., drugs; a drug-addict. colloq.
| 1941 J. Cary Herself Surprised lxxxi. 204 When first I knew Lizzie I thought she was a drugger or a drinker or worse. 1968 H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote hunts Peacock vii. 98 Your precious Peacock..was nothing but a low-down little drugger. I may smoke because I need it for my work, but she just drugged to make herself lower than she was. |