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cancerettes

cancerettes is the plural of cancerette.

Meaning of cancerette

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

Questions about cancerettes

What is cancerettes the plural of?
Cancerettes is the plural of cancerette.

Words near cancerettes in the dictionary

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

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