What is "chainsmoking"

Usage examples of "chainsmoking".

He could even be fun in an appalling way - chainsmoking, swearing, drinking and dealing through the property market, and he was a good teacher so long as you remembered to isolate the immoral and illegal elements of his advice.

Trudy, a shrill-faced, chainsmoking divorcee, and together they joined the queue outside the bathroom while Honey, an apathetic young Swede, was left to linger moaning in bed before rejoining them later for breakfast in the dining-room upstairs, among all the other girls.

Then, without preamble or transition, he could become a bearded Buddha, a paradox of a doctor, chainsmoking the cigarettes his peers adamantly condemned.

She got dressed at the same time as Trudy, a shrill-faced, chainsmoking divorcee, and together they joined the queue outside the bathroom while Honey, an apathetic young Swede, was left to linger moaning in bed before rejoining them later for breakfast in the dining-room upstairs, among all the other girls.

By the time Sanglier had finished the word-for-word examination of the meeting it had long ago grown dark outside his locked office and he'd almost finished the second bottle of mineral water to ease the dryness of his throat after chainsmoking the harsh cigarettes.

TV chainsmoking and becoming gloomier with each testimonial to what a great thing he'd done.

At the White Flag raffle-break Gately usually stands around chainsmoking with the Ennet House residents, so that he's casually available to answer questions and empathize with complaints.