First Known Use: 1890
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pipe dream
noun
: a hope, wish, or dream that is impossible to achieve or not practical
Full Definition of PIPE DREAM
: an illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story
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Origin of PIPE DREAM
from the fantasies brought about by the smoking of opium
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Rhymes with PIPE DREAM
abeam, agleam, airstream, berseem, beseem, bireme, blaspheme, bloodstream, centime, coal seam, cold cream, crossbeam, daydream, downstream, dream team, drill team, egg cream, esteem, extreme, French seam, grapheme, Gulf Stream, hakim, headstream, high beam, hornbeam, I beam, ice cream, inseam, jet stream, kilim, lexeme, live steam, low beam, mainstream, midstream, millime, millstream, moonbeam, morpheme, onstream, phoneme, redeem, regime, rhyme scheme, sealed-beam, sememe, sidestream, slipstream, sour cream, sunbeam, supreme, tag team, Tarim, third-stream, toneme, trireme, unseam, upstream, warp beam, wet dream
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