cancer stick

cancer stick
Noun. A cigarette. Cf. 'coffin nail'.

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • cancer stick — n. a tobacco cigarette. (From the notion that cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung cancer. Old but recurrent.) □ Kelly pulled out his ninth cancer stick and lit it up. □ A lot of people are addicted to cancer sticks …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • cancer stick — {n.}, {slang} A cigarette. * /Throw away that cancer stick! Smoking is bad for you!/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cancer stick — {n.}, {slang} A cigarette. * /Throw away that cancer stick! Smoking is bad for you!/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cancer stick — n A cigarette. Hey, man, don t light up that cancer stick. 1960s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • cancer\ stick — noun slang A cigarette. Throw away that cancer stick! Smoking is bad for you! …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cancer stick — Slang. a cigarette. [1965 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • cancer stick — noun a cigarette Syn: coffin nail …   Wiktionary

  • Cancer stick — a cigarette …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • cancer stick — I Australian Slang a cigarette II Canadian Slang a cigarette …   English dialects glossary

  • cancer stick — n a cigarette. A middle class irony, used by smokers and non smokers alike since the late 1960s …   Contemporary slang

  • cancer stick — n. (Slang) cigarette …   English contemporary dictionary

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