Chain-light

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To light a new cigarette with the burning stub of one's previous cigarette.

    "He chain-lit a fresh cigarette and flicked the old butt, still smouldering, into the steel ash-can beside his drawing table."

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"He chain-lit a fresh cigarette and flicked the old butt, still smouldering, into the steel ash-can beside his drawing table."

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