baseheadn.
/ˈbeɪshɛd/, U.S. /ˈbeɪsˌ(h)ɛd/ slang (originally U.S.).
A habitual user of cocaine in the form of freebase; a crack addict. Cf. freebase n.
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1985 N.Y. Amsterdam News 14 Dec. 23/4 The song ‘Base Pipe...’ [by rapper R.C. Vansilk] tells the story:..‘As a base head..the pipe is your only friend.’
1991 P. J. O'Rourke Parl. of Whores (1992) 131 Dirty, skinny, disordered base-heads yelling at each other and us and people who aren't there.
2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 15 Sept. (Arts & Life section) d1 Dan smokes crack. He's a basehead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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