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cancerette

cancerette noun: a cigarette.

Noun

cancerette (plural cancerettes)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A cigarette.
    • Moreover, so far as I know, only one public authority has started an official campaign to draw the attention of the population to the danger of death from what the Americans call the cancerette.1958, National Council of Labour Colleges (Great Britain), Plebs League (Great Britain) (contributors), The Plebs, Volumes 50-51, page 180
    • 'Have some Widows' Mourners, my silent friend. Or a Cancerette.'1959, Peter Vansittart, Orders of Chivalry, page 13

Synonyms of cancerette

Forms of cancerette

pluralcancerettes

Origin of cancerette

Blend of cancer + cigarette. First use appears c. 1953 in the The Country Gentleman.

Questions about cancerette

What does cancerette mean?
Cancerette means a cigarette.
What part of speech is cancerette?
Cancerette is a noun.
What is the plural of cancerette?
The plural of cancerette is cancerettes.

Words near cancerette in the dictionary

  1. canceration
  2. cancerations
  3. cancercell
  4. cancercells
  5. cancered
  6. cancerette
  7. cancerettes
  8. cancerfic
  9. Cancerian
  10. Cancerians
  11. cancericidal

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