cancerette

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cancerette

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Blend of cancer + cigarette. First use appears c. 1953 in the The Country Gentleman.

noun cancerettes

derogatory, slang A cigarette. Moreover, so far as I know, only one public authority has started an official campaign to draw the attention of the population to the danger of death from what the Americans call the cancerette.
Similar: cancer stick, cig, ciggy, coffin nail, fag, smoke

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"cancerette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cancerette. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cancerette. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cancerette

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"cancerette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cancerette.

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@misc{cancerette_2026,
  title = {cancerette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cancerette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}