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smokable, a. and n.|ˈsməʊkəb(ə)l|
Also smokeable.
[f. smoke v. + -able.]
A. adj.
1. That may be smoked; fit or suitable for smoking.
1839R. M. Martin Stat. Colonies Brit. Emp. 366 The smokeable extract which each quantity of opium contains. 1872Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lii, You'll..find it smokeable. 1879Sala Paris Herself Again iv, Very smokable little weeds.
2. Able to be ridiculed. Cf. smoke v. 9. rare.
1818Keats Let. 31 Dec. (1958) II. 19 The Dress Maker, the blue Stocking and the most charming sentimentalist..are equally smokeable.
B. n. pl. Things which may be smoked. Also in sing.
1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 2 Bills of fare of the various eatables, drinkables, and smokables, of which the author partook. 1890Yacht Racing Calendar 185 It is exasperating..to have one's drinkables and smokeables sealed up. 1897‘Mark Twain’ Autobiogr. (1924) I. 98 There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. |