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non-ˈsmoking, a.
[non- 4, 6.]
Denoting a railway compartment, carriage, etc., in which smoking is not permitted.
1891H. Spencer Let. 27 Mar. in G. S. Layard Mrs. Lynn Linton (1901) xx. 278 One may persist in putting down smoking in a non-smoking compartment of a railway carriage. 1909Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 4/7 A well-known clergyman was travelling in a non-smoking compartment of a train. 1922C. E. Montague Disenchantment (1924) vi. 86 Trains are divided into ‘non-smoking’ and ‘smoking’. 1936Punch 5 Feb. 141/3 Discovering as we finish lighting our pipes that we are in a Ladies Only Non-Smoking carriage. 1963Mod. Railways May 359/1 The sliding door to the non-smoking compartment is often left open by passengers.
b. Denoting a person who does not smoke.
1946R.A.F. Jrnl. May 178 Les, non-smoking but not teetotal,..will never fail to stand by for a duty. 1972J. Mosedale Football v. 65 The non-smoking, non-drinking Graham, of whom it was said, ‘His idea of a big night is eating chocolate ice cream.’ 1975V. Canning Kingsford Mark v. 74 Are you still non-smoking and non-drinking? |