Head-shop
noun, Slang.
1.
a shop selling paraphernalia of interest to drug users or associated with the use of drugs.
n.
emporium for stoner gear, by 1969 (noted in 1966 as the name of a specific shop in New York City selling psychedelic stuff), from head (n.) in the drug sense.
noun phrase
A shop selling various accessories of the drug culture and hippie culture, such as water pipes, holders for marijuana cigarettes, psychedelic posters, incense, etc (1960s+ Counterculture)
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