smoke-dried

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adjective

(of fish, meat, etc) cured in smoke

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Words nearby smoke-dried

smoke chamber, smokechaser, smoke detector, smoked meat, smoke dome, smoke-dried, smoked rubber, smoke-dry, smoke-eater, smoke-filled room, smoke-free

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How to use smoke-dried in a sentence

The bosom of this dress sometimes serves as a wallet for a "chunk" of bread, jerk or smoke-dried venison, and other articles.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West|J. M. Peck
Zack's smoke-dried complexion became whitewashed with disappointment.
Cedar Creek|Elizabeth Hely Walshe
Mr. Wallace did not enjoy the notion of being smoke-dried; and of returning to the Middle Temple a sort of animated ham.
Recollections of a Policeman|William Russell (aka Thomas Waters)
I looked round again at the smoke-dried kitchen in which we sat; it was a miserable place.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851|Various

A Congo flat fish of the perch family is found here, smoke dried and sold for food and is very good eating indeed.
A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State|Marcus Dorman