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Player2|ˈpleɪə(r)| Also Players, Player's. The proprietary name of a cigarette made by the John Player Company. Also Comb.
[1885Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Dec. 1196 Player's Rough & Ready Mixture... John Player,..Nottingham; manufacturer. 1889Ibid. 20 Mar. 285 Player... Manufactured tobacco, except snuff. The firm trading as John Player,..Nottingham, tobacco manufacturers.] 1932Dylan Thomas Sel. Lett. (1966) 6 I've got a large Players, and my shoes are off. 1943R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 29 ‘Why was that, Flight?’ the Corporal asked, taking a packet of Players from his pocket and selecting one. The Flight Sergeant reached over and helped himself. ‘In my days..corporals couldn't afford expensive fags like these.’ 1945Dylan Thomas Let. 28 Aug. (1966) 283, I raise one Player⁓coloured aspen hand to salute and supplicate. 1960Tobacco June 37 A new Player pack... Player's Medium Navy Cut cigarettes, the big sellers, are now introduced in a new modernised pack. 1977R. Barnard Death on the High C's xiii. 144 He..puffed his way through a third of his Player's. 1978D. Bloodworth Crosstalk vii. 54 She..lit a Player with a book match. |