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chain-smoke

[cheyn-smohk]
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verb (used with or without object), chain-smoked, chain-smoking.
  1. to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.

Origin of chain-smoke

First recorded in 1930–35
Related formschain smoker, chain-smok·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for chain smoker

chain-smoke

verb
  1. to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one
Derived Formschain smoker, noun
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Idioms and Phrases with chain smoker

chain smoker

One who smokes continually by lighting a new cigarette from the one being finished, as in Before they forbade smoking, bridge tournaments often attracted players who are chain smokers. [c. 1930]

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