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Noun: pipe dream  pIp dreem
  1. A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
    "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe";
    - dream

Derived forms: pipe dreams

Type of: fantasy, phantasy [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Pipe dream

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