Nicotinist

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who is addicted to nicotine, the alkaloid found in tobacco. obsolete, rare

    "Nicotinists. Smokers, it is said, are invariably polite to each other, wheresoever they be–on the penny steamboat, the two-penny tramcar, the three-penny bus, and elsewhere."

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"Nicotinists. Smokers, it is said, are invariably polite to each other, wheresoever they be–on the penny steamboat, the two-penny tramcar, the three-penny bus, and elsewhere."

Etymology

From nicotine + -ist.

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