Gauloisen.
/ˈɡəʊlwɑːz/, /ˈɡɔːlwɑːz/, /ɡɔːlˈwɑːz/, U.S. /ˈɡɔlˌwɑz/, /ˈɡɑlˌwɑz/ A cigarette of a popular French brand.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > proprietary cigarettes
Abdulla1903
woodbine1907
Gauloise1920
Lucky1920
Player?1932
Gitane1933
1920 Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Mar. 528 20 Cigarettes Gauloises.
1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 76/2 Imported French cigarettes. Gauloises.
1933 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Aug. 1033 Gauloises. Cigarettes. Service d'Exploitation Industrielle des Tabacs..Ministère des Finances, Palais du Louvre.
1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out v. 35 I even squandered two francs fifty on a packet of Gaulois Bleu, in anticipation of my wages.
1958 R. Godden Greengage Summer iv. 49 It's a Gauloise, a French cigarette.
1959 Listener 20 Aug. 285/3 She smoked Gauloises, but she preferred black Russian cigarettes with gold tips.
1960 20th Cent. Sept. 259 He sat in his truck smoking gauloises.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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