From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchain-smokeˈchain-smoke verb [intransitive, transitive]  SMOKEto smoke cigarettes one immediately after another —chain-smoker noun [countable]→ See Verb table
                                                    
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chain-smoke• James sat silently through her speech, chain-smoking.• Although he chain-smoked cigarettes, his hands were unstained. 
