2006-08-26 22:18:23 · 10 answers · asked by fletcheyc 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Most sources put it's origins down to smoking Opium (obviously through a pipe) and it's subsequent illusions.
The first recorded written example was from a George Ade Play in 1896. He made no referance as to it's meaning but that was in Chicago.
2006-08-26 22:40:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pipe Dream Origin
2016-10-04 08:35:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pipe Dream has been referenced to Opium Pipe smokers in the 18th and 19th centuries, but is American in origin. The earliest reference is in an 1896 play "Artie" in which he uses the phrase to explain his loss in business, but the meaning was not made clear
2006-08-26 22:34:55 · answer #3 · answered by kcatcat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a dream that you have after passing out from smoking a crack pipe
2006-08-26 22:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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"Pipe" dream, where does that expression come from then?
2015-08-19 07:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by Magda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think as someone sits smoking a pipe and they watch the smoke and feel relaxed they get lost in a form of reverie...dreamy kind of state
2006-08-26 22:31:19 · answer #6 · answered by Saskia M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i saw some people smoking opium once(a long time ago)i t was like black tar sorta stuff and they sat round burning it over a flame and sucking the smoke up through these long thin pipes (like long straws)the people who answered opium are most probably right
2006-08-29 04:32:09 · answer #7 · answered by keny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that you'd have to be smoking something out of a pipe that would cause you to think up something that crazy
2006-08-26 22:22:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally opium pipe smoking. Crack was not known then.
2006-08-26 23:33:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
2006-08-30 00:51:25 · answer #10 · answered by Sophie Beee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋