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Smoken

//ˈsməʊ.kən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become smoked or smoky. ambitransitive

    "She chewed on a knuckle bone and was silent, looking into the dying fire, till she raised her smokened face, looked at him steadily and said, 'You were born an old soul indeed, as I recall, but I'll thank you to remember that this boy, whom I have come to think of as my own bairn too, is one of the innocents of the world.'"

  2. 2
    past participle of smoke form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare

    "After a long pause, they smile or grin at each other, this is understood to be the prelude to asking news, and the conversation becomes general after they have smoken a pipe."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From smoke + -en (inchoative suffix).

Etymology 2

From smoke + -en (suffix forming past participles).

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