JUNKIE

Junkie

Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict is a novel by American beat generation writer William S. Burroughs, published initially under the pseudonym William Lee in 1953. His first published work, it is semi-autobiographical and focuses on Burroughs' life as a drug user and dealer. It has come to be considered a seminal text on the lifestyle of heroin addicts in the early 1950s.

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junkie

Noun

  1. A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users.
  2. An enthusiast of something.
    English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
    My uncle is a classic car junkie.


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