caporal
Collocations
4ADJ.
horrible, smoked, thick
VERB + CAPORAL
air
CAPORAL + NOUN
cigarettes
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
A type of shag tobacco.
[T]he seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent.
She had been sitting there for nearly an hour and a half, and during that time she had drunk two glasses of black coffee, smoked six caporal cigarettes and read the week's Candide.
noun
A foreman or overseer.
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2[T]he seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent.
WiktionaryShe had been sitting there for nearly an hour and a half, and during that time she had drunk two glasses of black coffee, smoked six caporal cigarettes and read the week's Candide.
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