nicotine stain
Yellowed finger residue
A nicotine stain is the yellowish-brown discoloration left by tobacco smoke on surfaces—fingers, teeth, walls, ceilings.
Heavy smokers develop telltale nicotine stains on the fingers that hold cigarettes.
The term sometimes appears figuratively to suggest seediness or long exposure to vice: a motel room with nicotine stains on everything.
- yellowHue between green and orange
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- tarFile bundling utility
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- teethEnamel-covered chewing structures
smoke · secondhand smoke · discoloration · ashtray · cigarette · chain smoker · heavy smoker · brown · residue · wall · ceiling · dingy · smoke damage · patch · smoker · habit · film · grime
- discolorationdiscoloration, spots, spot, blotch, blotches
- stains
surface condition/cleanliness
nicotine stainunstained
Bearing no marks
immaculate · spotless · unblemished · bleached white · fresh paint
coloration
nicotine stainpearly white
nicotine, stain, stained, staining, stains, stainer, unstained