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- German · calque ofKettenraucher
- English todaychain smoker
From chain + smoker, calque of German Kettenraucher.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chain smoker
Today it means: One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain. Full definition →
German Kettenraucher