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- noun Plural form of
Woodbine .
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Examples
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Alvina imagined herself leading a chorus of collier louts, in a bad atmosphere of "Woodbines" and oranges, during the intervals when the pictures had collapsed.
The Lost Girl 1907
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Now Doggie, in spite of his training in adversity, had never resigned himself to "Woodbines," and other such brands supplied to the British Army, and Egyptian and Turkish being beyond his social pale, he had taken to smoking French Régie tobacco, of which he laid in a stock whenever he had the chance.
The Rough Road William John Locke 1896
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She had one lung and would sit and smoke Woodbines all day.
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Mind you also used to supply single Woodbines, no doubt charged as "Groceries" on somebody's account.
Stamping About Peter Ashley 2008
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Between the drone of engines and sound of guns, the drama was rudimentary – Woodbines, a song at the pub, a girl at home, the tedium and adrenaline, gallows humour.
Rewind TV: The Special Relationship; The Road to Coronation Street; First Light; Wellington Bomber 2010
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My only expenditure is on Special Brew and Woodbines.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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Puff their damp Woodbines, whistle, stretch their toes:
Archive 2009-05-01 Victoria Janssen 2009
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My only expenditure is on Special Brew and Woodbines.
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"Angela smoked 40 Woodbines a day," she says with a grin.
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He lit one of his treasured Woodbines and coughed wheezily.
Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008
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