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chain smoker
chain smoker
A person who smokes cigarettes continuously, such that he or she begins a new cigarette as (or almost as) soon as the last one is extinguished. My grandmother died of emphysema after being a chain smoker for most of her adult life.
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]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Anthony | | AN-thə-nee, AN-tə-nee | English |
Iou | | - | Biblical Greek |
Cleveland | | ['kli:vlənd] | |
Tria | | - | English (Rare) |
Pipin | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Tove | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |