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 O’pium-eater (The English)Optimë (plural, op-ti-ms), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Oppidan of Eton.
 
A student not on the foundation, but who boards in the town. (Latin, oppidum.)   1
 


 O’pium-eater (The English)Optimë (plural, op-ti-ms), 

 
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