Smokey

adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of smoky. alt-of, alternative

    "One day Rodolphe, who had been jugged for some slight choreographic extravagances, stumbled upon an uncle of his, one Monetti, a stove maker and smokey chimney doctor, and sargeant of the National Guard, whom he had not seen for an age."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Smokey Bear. alt-of, alternative

    "The plush bear on the near left was produced by Three Bears Inc. around 1985 and is typical of the plush Smokeys produced in the United States."

Noun
  1. 1
    A state trooper.

    "By the time we got into Tulsa Town We had eighty-five trucks in all But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf And them bears was wall-to-wall. Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper They even had a bear in the air."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Smokey Bear.; Highway patrolman.

    "Unless Smokeys were engaged in an active pursuit, they had to stick to highways and pass off suspicious vehicles to local units."

  3. 3
    A cop, a police officer. broadly, slang
  4. 4
    Alternative form of Smokey Bear.; A campaign hat.

    "She was with the engineers but she wanted to be a drill instructor, and she asked me one day, she said, 'How come you all don't wear the Smokeys?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Short for Smokey Bear (“a cartoon Park Ranger”).

Etymology 2

Short for Smokey Bear.

Etymology 3

Short for Smokey Bear.

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