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Chain smoker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain.
  2. 2
    One who habitually smokes excessively.

Etymology

From chain + smoker, calque of German Kettenraucher.

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