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flashing the ash

flashing the ash is the present participle and gerund of flash the ash.

Meaning of flash 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

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What is flashing the ash the present participle and gerund of?
Flashing the ash is the present participle and gerund of flash the ash.

Words near flashing the ash in the dictionary

  1. flashing collar
  2. flashing collars
  3. flashing lane
  4. flashing lanes
  5. flashing over
  6. flashing the ash
  7. flashing the cash
  8. flashing up
  9. flashingly
  10. flashings
  11. flashjack

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