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gasper|ˈgɑːspə(r), -æ-|
[f. gasp v. + -er1.]
1. One who gasps (in various nonce-uses).
1868Dickens Lett. 3 Feb. (1882) III. 245 Charles Dickens..whose surprising performances..on..the American catarrh, have won for him the well-merited title of the Gad's Hill Gasper. 1877Blackie Wise Men 16 He bade them fling The finny gaspers back into the brine Wholesale. 1884Contemp. Rev. June 817 The agonies of feudalism had changed some of the trembling gaspers into greedy graspers.
2. A cigarette, esp. a cheap or inferior one. slang.
1914Isis 14 Feb. 5/2 Not only does he prefer the Irish-grown ‘gasper’ to all others, but he provides them for his Saxon guest. 1916Punch 11 Oct. 261 ‘D'yer fink Jellicoe gits 'is share?’ ‘Course not, stoopid. Admirals don't smoke gaspers!’ 1921S. P. B. Mais Why we should Read 32 Why should one prefer a Corona cigar to a ‘gasper’? 1965Listener 21 Oct. 624/3 ‘Gasper’ commercials are with us still at every peak viewing hour. |