smoking-concert

[ smoh-king-kon-sert ]

nounBritish.
  1. a concert where smoking is allowed.

Origin of smoking-concert

1
First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby smoking-concert

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How to use smoking-concert in a sentence

  • Here there were gathered together some dozen young Free Staters, and an impromptu smoking concert was held.

    With Steyn and De Wet | Philip Pienaar
  • The ceremony was followed by a dance and a smoking concert, during which copious libations of basi were consumed.

  • It was the Admiral's gig, rowing softly, that came into the midst of that merry little smoking-concert.

    Soldiers Three, Part II. | Rudyard Kipling
  • Theres to be a political meeting, a smoking concert or something, after the dinner at the Prefecture to-night.

    Three Plays by Brieux | Eugne Brieux
  • "That sounds a good one," said Carthew, struggling with an unreasonable sensation of being in the chair at a smoking-concert.

    A Safety Match | Ian Hay