flashed the ash

Verb

flash the ash (third-person singular simple present flashes the ash, present participle flashing the ash, simple past and past participle flashed the ash)

1. (slang) To give somebody a cigarette.
   • The lads were sprawled along the upholstered bench behind the pool table, smoking, drinking and larking around as usual.
     'Flash the ash,' said Glenn on joining them.2015, Trevor Coote, Lemon Socks, page 65