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Definition of Chain-smoker
1. Noun. A heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another.
Definition of Chain-smoker
1. Noun. A person who chain-smokes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chain-smoker
Literary usage of Chain-smoker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"The “chain-smoker” Bismarck might possibly instance his own (cigar) case and the
... Théophile Gautier, another “chain-smoker “—that is,- one who begins to ..."
2. Wit, Wisdom and Foibles of the Great: Together with Numerous Anecdotes by Charles Anthony Shriner (1918)
"In his earlier days he had been, indeed, what the Germans call a "chain smoker"—a
species of the weed- consuming genus whose morning and night are connected ..."
3. Prince Bismarck: An Historical Biography by Charles Lowe (1885)
"... a “chain-smoker “—a species of the weed-consuming genus whose morning and
night is connected by a cable of cigars, each link A heavy smoker. of which is ..."
4. Bismarck's Table-talk by Otto Bismarck, Charles Lowe (1895)
"In his earlier days, indeed, he was what the Germans call a " chain-smoker"—a
species of the weed-consuming genus whose morning and night is connected by a ..."
5. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1990)
"Among broadcasters only Edward R. Murrow (a chain-smoker who later succumbed to
lung cancer) and other CBS public affairs programs under the direction of ..."
6. Smoke and Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War by Rob Cunningham (1996)
"Graham, a chain smoker, was unimpressed. He initially thought that the suggestion
that smoking caused lung cancer was nonsense. ..."
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