smoking-concert
[ smoh-king-kon-sert ]
nounBritish.
a concert where smoking is allowed.
Origin of smoking-concert
1First recorded in 1885–90
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How to use smoking-concert in a sentence
Here there were gathered together some dozen young Free Staters, and an impromptu smoking concert was held.
With Steyn and De Wet | Philip PienaarThe ceremony was followed by a dance and a smoking concert, during which copious libations of basi were consumed.
The Inhabitants of the Philippines | Frederic H. SawyerIt was the Admiral's gig, rowing softly, that came into the midst of that merry little smoking-concert.
Soldiers Three, Part II. | Rudyard KiplingTheres to be a political meeting, a smoking concert or something, after the dinner at the Prefecture to-night.
Three Plays by Brieux | Eugne Brieux"That sounds a good one," said Carthew, struggling with an unreasonable sensation of being in the chair at a smoking-concert.
A Safety Match | Ian Hay
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