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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chain-smoke.

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Examples

  • Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, he chain-smokes his way through packs of the best cigarettes from each of the various Chinese provinces, which he picks up on his travels.

    In It From Head to Toe Kit Gillet 2010

  • Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, he chain-smokes his way through packs of the best cigarettes from each of the various Chinese provinces, which he picks up on his travels.

    In It From Head To Toe Kit Gillet 2010

  • Jake is a melancholy, erudite Londoner who chain-smokes Camels and downs single-malt Scotch.

    The Season of the Supernatural Alexandra Alter 2011

  • It is flattering that it is I he takes snorkeling along the cliffs and not the curly-haired Natasha from his Kiev group, who chain-smokes, sighs, and pretends not to look in his direction.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Otherwise Taylor chain-smokes in silence, head bobbing slightly.

    A singular vision: Nearing 80, Paul Taylor is as moving a dance figure as ever 2010

  • She chain-smokes, runs around the front yard in a lace bra, jumps a group of trick-or-treaters and tries to breast-feed an infant.

    Move Over, Betty White Amy Chozick 2010

  • Shah, the 21-year-old who styles himself the Lion of Allah, wears all black, chain-smokes and looks like a Kashmiri James Dean.

    In Kashmir, stone throwers face off with Indian security forces 2010

  • The dark-skinned one counts the banknotes with a permanent pout; the other, grey-haired and smiley, chain-smokes and sips milk tea.

    The Voyeur Nicolette Wong 2010

  • It is flattering that it is I he takes snorkeling along the cliffs and not the curly-haired Natasha from his Kiev group, who chain-smokes, sighs, and pretends not to look in his direction.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • And when they are really warmed up and really going for an Arabic dance party, Mahmoud Harbi stands next to him on stage and sort of chain-smokes.

    You Must Hear This: Omar Souleyman 2009

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