needle freak
n.— «A fight broke out in the house’s laundry room between two brothers when one called the other a “needle freak,” another word for an intravenous drug user.» —“Man charged in Vidor stabbing” by Royal M. Hopper III Orange Leader (Texas) Mar. 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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