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gasper

[gas-per, gah-sper]

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noun British Slang.

a cigarette.

Origin:
1910–15; gasp + -er¹

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gasper (ˈɡɑːspə)

—n
1.	a person who gasps
2.	old-fashioned, slang (Brit) a cheap cigarette
3.	informal something that shocks one or causes one to gasp in astonishment

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