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Meaning of flash the ash | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To give somebody a cigarette.

slang

Examples

“The lads were sprawled along the upholstered bench behind the pool table, smoking, drinking and larking around as usual. 'Flash the ash,' said Glenn on joining them.”
“Everyone smoked so if the auditorium was full, the whole room would be filled with smoke in next to no time. It was like the legendary London smog of the 1950s in there sometimes. You took it in turn to “flash the ash” as it was called.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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