| 单词 | coffin-nail |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoffin-nail coffin-nail n. (a) a nail used in making a coffin; (b) slang (originally U.S.), a cigarette (cf. nail n. 7d). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette cigarito1832 paper cigar1833 cigarette1842 papelito1845 coffin-nailc1865 fag1885 butt1893 pill1901 scag1915 nail1925 quirly1932 tab1934 burn1941 draw1946 tube1946 snout1950 cancer stick1958 straight1959 ciggy1962 square1970 bifter1989 lung dart1990 dart2000 c1865 G. Gore in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 223/2 Buckles, coffin-nails, hooks-and-eyes. 1888 Texas Siftings 18 Feb. 8/1 A youth..puffed at an ill-smelling coffin nail. 1901 A. G. Robinson Philippines 263 For a package containing thirty ‘coffin-nails’ the price was three and a half cents, American money. 1928 P. G. Wodehouse Money for Nothing ii. 34 Most of these birds [sc. invalids in a sanatorium] would give their soul for a coffin-nail. 1967 ‘L. Egan’ Nameless Ones x. 118 Let me pay for my own coffin nails. < as lemmas |
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