shochn.
/ʃɒx/, /ʃɒk/, U.S. /ʃɑk/, /ʃɑx/, Irish English /ʃɒːx/ Anglo-Irish.
A draw at a tobacco-pipe, a smoke.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > a smoke or inhalation
whiff1600
quiff1617
draught1621
puffing1675
draw1823
shoch1831
pull1841
blow1855
reek1876
drag1914
inhale1934
1831 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 1st Ser. 199 Afther gitten' an air o' the fire and a shaugh o' the pipe.
1900 19th Cent. July 79 Now ‘herself’— as the [Irish] husband calls her—rarely indulges in a shock of the pipe.
1901 W. F. Barry Wizard's Knot 53 (E.D.D.) We'll..take the sheoch of a dudeen to clear our mouths of Davy Roche.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
shochv.
/ʃɒx/, /ʃɒk/, U.S. /ʃɑk/, /ʃɑx/, Irish English /ʃɒːx/ Anglo-Irish.
intransitive. To draw at a tobacco-pipe, to smoke.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > smoke [verb (intransitive)]
whiff1602
smoke1617
to blow (raise obs.) a cloud1699
drawa1774
smook1805
blow1808
to have (or take) a smoke1835
tobacconize1876
shoch1898
inhale1933
fag1940
to have a burn1941
1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 107 An' himself an' the Playboy shoughed out o' the same pipe!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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