chain-smoke
verb
chain-smoked; chain-smoking; chain-smokes
: to smoke something, especially cigarettes, continually
… the modest kitchen where she sits chain-smoking at a cluttered table.—
Mark Binelli
Mark BinelliHe wore steel-rimmed eyeglasses, chain-smoked cigarettes, and behaved like a cross between General Douglas MacArthur and a movie producer's dream of a dynamic newspaperman.—Russell Baker
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No longer do employees openly chain-smoke like Don Draper in the offices or have a bar cart to take shots from.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
Nobody needs to pack heat or chain-smoke to savor the darkly seductive allure of noir.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023
Long ago, on gloomy February days with the roads a mess, car salespeople in Massachusetts would chain-smoke and complain how few customers came into their showrooms during the coldest, shortest month of the year.
—Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 18 Feb. 2023
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
Nobody needs to pack heat or chain-smoke to savor the darkly seductive allure of noir.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023
Long ago, on gloomy February days with the roads a mess, car salespeople in Massachusetts would chain-smoke and complain how few customers came into their showrooms during the coldest, shortest month of the year.
—Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 18 Feb. 2023
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“Chain-smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain-smoke. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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