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.
See also: 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]
See also: chain, smoker

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CharlesCHAHR-əlz (English), CHAHRLZ (English), SHAHRL (French)English, French
Charity['tʃæriti]
Habib-Arabic
Alona-Hebrew
GreysonGRAY-sənEnglish (Modern)
Florence['flɔ:rəns]