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chain smoker

noun

Etymology

From chain + smoker, calque of German Kettenraucher.

  1. derived from *(s)mewg-✻ — “to smoke”
  2. derived from *smaukaną✻ — “to smoke”
  3. inherited from *smukōną✻ — “to smoke”
  4. inherited from *smokōn✻
  5. inherited from smocian — “to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate”
  6. inherited from smoken
  7. formed as smoker — “smoke + -er”
  8. compounded as chain smoker — “chain + smoker”

Definitions

  1. One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a…

    One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain.

  2. One who habitually smokes excessively.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for chain smoker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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