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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>chemist</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cheerfully.html" title="cheerfully"/><link rel="next" href="Chernobyl-chicken.html" title="Chernobyl chicken"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">chemist</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cheerfully.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Chernobyl-chicken.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="chemist"/><dt xmlns="" id="chemist"><b>chemist</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Cambridge] Someone who wastes computer time on
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