"fumare come un turco" meaning in Italian

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to smoke like a Turk”. This expression is thought to date back to the 17ᵗʰ century, referencing a drastic increase in tobacco use in Turkey following the death of Ottoman sultan Murad IV (1612–1640), who had imposed a strict, highly-unpopular ban on the smoking of tobacco. Cognate with French fumer comme un Turc.",
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      "form": "fumàre come un turco",
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    {
      "form": "fùmo come un turco",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "fumài come un turco",
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    },
    {
      "form": "fumàto come un turco",
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          "english": "She [Babette of Interlaken] swore like a pagan, drank like a fish, smoked like a chimney, used a carbine like a sharpshooter, [and] handled a knife like a swordsman.",
          "ref": "1864, “Babette d'Interlaken” (chapter 24), Parte II - Caratteri, in Fiori di racconti, descrizioni, costumi e caratteri tratti dalle opere del padre Antonio Bresciani, volume 3, Modena, Rome, Venice: Giovanni Bencivenga; Gio[vanni] Battista Merlo, page 244:",
          "text": "Bestemmiava come un radicale, trincava come un argoviano, fumava come un turco, tirava la carabina come un bersagliere, maneggiava il pugnale come uno schermitore.",
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          "english": "I was smoking like a chimney, drinking like a fish, having picnics in the suburbs together with unorthodox virgins like a Frenchman; I was galloping like a foal with its reins loose.",
          "ref": "1908, Olindo Guerrini, “L'ultimo amore”, in Brani di vita; republished Bologna: Zanichelli, 1917, page 24:",
          "text": "Fumavo come un turco, bevevo come un tedesco, merendavo nei suburbi con vergini eterodosse come un francese; insomma galoppavo come un puledro cui si allenti la briglia.",
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          "english": "I proved to be ill-suited for chemistry, also because of my lack of manual ability. How could I have had it, when I kept on smoking like a chimney?",
          "ref": "1923, Italo Svevo, “Fumo”, in La coscienza di Zeno; republished, Dall'Oglio editore, 1976:",
          "text": "M’ero dimostrato poco idoneo alla chimica anche per la mia deficienza di abilità manuale. Come avrei potuto averla quando continuavo a fumare come un turco?",
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        "to smoke like a chimney (smoke tobacco frequently)"
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        "(informal, simile, intransitive) to smoke like a chimney (smoke tobacco frequently)"
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          "word": "fumare come una ciminiera"
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        "List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire",
        "Murad IV"
      ]
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        {
          "english": "She [Babette of Interlaken] swore like a pagan, drank like a fish, smoked like a chimney, used a carbine like a sharpshooter, [and] handled a knife like a swordsman.",
          "ref": "1864, “Babette d'Interlaken” (chapter 24), Parte II - Caratteri, in Fiori di racconti, descrizioni, costumi e caratteri tratti dalle opere del padre Antonio Bresciani, volume 3, Modena, Rome, Venice: Giovanni Bencivenga; Gio[vanni] Battista Merlo, page 244:",
          "text": "Bestemmiava come un radicale, trincava come un argoviano, fumava come un turco, tirava la carabina come un bersagliere, maneggiava il pugnale come uno schermitore.",
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          "english": "I was smoking like a chimney, drinking like a fish, having picnics in the suburbs together with unorthodox virgins like a Frenchman; I was galloping like a foal with its reins loose.",
          "ref": "1908, Olindo Guerrini, “L'ultimo amore”, in Brani di vita; republished Bologna: Zanichelli, 1917, page 24:",
          "text": "Fumavo come un turco, bevevo come un tedesco, merendavo nei suburbi con vergini eterodosse come un francese; insomma galoppavo come un puledro cui si allenti la briglia.",
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          "english": "I proved to be ill-suited for chemistry, also because of my lack of manual ability. How could I have had it, when I kept on smoking like a chimney?",
          "ref": "1923, Italo Svevo, “Fumo”, in La coscienza di Zeno; republished, Dall'Oglio editore, 1976:",
          "text": "M’ero dimostrato poco idoneo alla chimica anche per la mia deficienza di abilità manuale. Come avrei potuto averla quando continuavo a fumare come un turco?",
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        }
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      ],
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          "smoke like a chimney"
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      ],
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        }
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        "List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire",
        "Murad IV"
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