Definition of "gasper" [gasper]

• Chiefly British Slang A cigarette. (noun)

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• "Here and there a man is puffing at his beloved "gasper" with the nonchalance that marks your bull-dog breed when stern work is afoot."
• "The dream ended there, and I must have slept on, for when I woke, sure enough I was still in the berth, but somehow I knew that time had gone by ... but why was there no feeling in my legs, and who was the chap in the armchair, smoking a black gasper in an amber holder, and rising and smiling as I strove to sit up but couldn't '?"
• "He chewed his lip and tapped another gasper on his thumbnail, looking keen."