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chain-smoke
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chain-smoke (chnsmk)
v. chain-smoked, chain-smokĀ·ing, chain-smokes
v.intr.
To smoke continually, as by lighting the next cigarette from the previous one.
v.tr.
To smoke (cigarettes, for example) in continuing succession.

chain smoker n.

chain-smoke
Verb
[-smoking, -smoked] to smoke continuously, lighting one cigarette from the preceding one
chain smoker n
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Verb1.chain-smoke - smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
Translations
chain-smoke [ˈtʃeɪnsməuk] vifumar un cigarrillo tras otro
chain-smoke [ˈtʃeɪnsməuk] chain vifumer cigarette sur cigarette
chain-smoke [ˈtʃeɪnsməuk] chain vieine Zigarette nach der anderen rauchen
chain-smoke [ˈtʃeɪnsməuk] vifumare una sigaretta dopo l'altra


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And that's bad news for outgoing Majority Leader John Boehner, a chain smoker who even has his own smoking perch, known as the ``Boehner Bench,'' in the Speaker's Lobby.
``When I came to the council, I was a chain smoker and he came up to me to talk about banning cigarette smoking in elevators.
If trainer Jay Robbins already hadn't been a chain smoker, he might be now.
 
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