Chain-smoke
to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.
verb
to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one
verb
To smoke cigarette after cigarette, lighting the next one from the current one (1900s+)
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to sew or crochet using a chain stitch.
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