smoking-concert

[ smoh-king-kon-sert ]

noun

, British.

1. a concert where smoking is allowed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of smoking-concert¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

"That sounds a good one," said Carthew, struggling with an unreasonable sensation of being in the chair at a smoking-concert.

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Mr. Cordal's shirt-front announced that he had temporarily given up Gumton in favour of the red, red wine of the smoking-concert baritone.

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This is timely in this smoking-concert time.

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As Christmas drew near, and Gueldersdorp, not yet sensible of the belly-pinch of famine, sought to relieve its tense muscles and weary brains by getting up an entertainment here and there, W. Keyse escorted his beloved—by proxy, as usual—to a Sunday smoking-concert, given in a cleared-out Army Service Stores shed, lent by Imperial Government to the promoters of the entertainment.

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Mr. Foulger, who had never been to aught but a smoking-concert in his life, and who could not pronounce the name of Beethoven without hesitations!

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