gasper

[ gas-per, gah-sper ]
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nounBritish Slang.
  1. a cigarette.

Origin of gasper

1
First recorded in 1910–15; gasp + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for gasper

gasper

/ (ˈɡɑːspə) /


noun
  1. a person who gasps

  2. British old-fashioned, slang a cheap cigarette

  1. informal something that shocks one or causes one to gasp in astonishment

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