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petrol sniffer

petrol sniffer noun: one who sniffs petrol to experience a high.

Noun

petrol sniffer (plural petrol sniffers)

  1. One who sniffs petrol to experience a high.
  2. (derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) An Australian Aboriginal.

Forms of petrol sniffer

pluralpetrol sniffers

Questions about petrol sniffer

What does petrol sniffer mean?
Petrol sniffer means one who sniffs petrol to experience a high.
What part of speech is petrol sniffer?
Petrol sniffer is a noun.
What is the plural of petrol sniffer?
The plural of petrol sniffer is petrol sniffers.

Words near petrol sniffer in the dictionary

  1. petrol filling stations
  2. petrol garage
  3. petrol garages
  4. petrol pump
  5. petrol pumps
  6. petrol sniffer
  7. petrol sniffers
  8. petrol station
  9. petrol stations
  10. petrol tank
  11. petrol tanks

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