Synonyms for smoker


Grammar : Noun
Spell : smoh-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsmoʊ kər


Définition of smoker

Origin :
  • 1590s, "one who cures meat," agent noun from smoke (v.). Meaning "one who smokes tobacco" is from 1610s. Railway meaning "smoking car" is from 1875. Smoker's cough attested from 1898.
  • As in bachelor party : noun party for bridegroom
  • As in smoking car : noun compartment for smokers
Example sentences :
  • "You see I'm a smoker," he added, holding up his yellow-stained forefinger.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • “Not much,” confessed the other as they alighted from the smoker.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • Poor young Mr. Smith, he was a smoker also, but not as bad as the Professor.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It was actually touching the foremost feature on the smoker's countenance.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • Slowly, slowly, it went, nearer and nearer to the smoker's nose.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • When a cigar is smoked in the dark it lights up the smoker's face at each puff.
  • Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
  • I reckon we better git on the smoker,” said Meyers, “if there's room there.
  • Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Passing through the smoker for the white men she entered the Negro section.
  • Extract from : « The Hindered Hand » by Sutton E. Griggs
  • "There is a man in the smoker I must see at once," she said.
  • Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Meanwhile, a man had swung himself to the platform of the smoker.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

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