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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a quick puff on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to smoking or inhaling something briefly, often referring to cigarettes or other smoking devices.
Example: "After a long day at work, he stepped outside for a quick puff on his cigarette."
Alternatives: "a brief inhale of" or "a short drag on".
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He takes a quick puff on his cigarette, then continues.
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In the short story "The Chrysanthemums," one of his characters offhandedly describes the flower as "a quick puff of colored smoke".
Blow a quick puff of air into the hole to blow up the paper like a balloon.
This became public knowledge when he was spotted on camera during Monday's stage taking a quick puff from an inhaler, and this is a story because some asthma medicines are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency because of their performance-enhancing properties.
The tiny bistro where I work, Rosewater in Park Slope, Brooklyn, is too small for even a quick puff in the bathroom.
Lois has a throaty voice, baked hard by half a century of nicotine, and she pauses between sentences to give herself the opportunity for a quick puff.
And at the end of it the twenty-nine-year-old rich guy took forty per cent, and all I got was about fifty fucking dollars, after I did all the fucking work and made a million phone calls?" She chews on a French fry, accepts a glowing Marlboro Light from the girl beside her at the table, and takes a quick puff.
The fast-acting insulin is intended to be used at mealtime, a quick puff replacing an injection.
It would be most often used to help control blood-sugar levels at meal time, a quick puff replacing an injection before a meal.
She latched on and off my breast like she was a smoker sneaking in a few quick puffs on break every two seconds, and I rarely got a great night's sleep.
But puff on an expensive Montecristo?
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