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smokey

1

[ smoh-kee ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)
, plural smok·eys.
  1. an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
  2. a state police car.


smokey

2

[ smoh-kee ]

adjective

, smok·i·er, smok·i·est.
  1. a variant of smoky ( def ).
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smokey1

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; shortened from Smokey Bear, a cartoon bear used in the U. S. Forest Service's fire prevention campaign, depicted wearing a hat similar to those worn by state police officers
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Example Sentences

A bow saw is critical, because it’s crucial to find nice, dry wood that won’t get too smokey, and then to cut it all into the right-size pieces.

December rain, March wind, and smokey September heat all pushed inside.

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Pharrell, and maybe his Smokey the Bear hat, will be on hand to perform “Happy,” a nominated song that happens to—get this!

Browne's "nuns" (models) donned sharp eyebrows, smokey eye makeup, and nails similar to those worn by Lorde to the Grammy Awards.

The singer covered parts of her naked body with moss, accessorizing with smokey eyeshadow and a voluminous haircut.

If Wills has any say in the matter, their boy will have his very own Smokey, too.

Smokey Robinson [I remember] the five young guys who sang and danced up a storm.

Smokey nursed him, while Jimmy and the organ-grinder worked harder and raised enough money to get a doctor.

Jimmy thought maybe Smokey needed a little Christian Science and walloped him as an experiment.

When Smokey ate only half of it, Jimmy knew it was a grave case and that something ought to be done about it.

Lacking funds, however, they were compelled to table the motion that Smokey be sent to the woods.

Also, he wasn't sure that it was the best thing for Smokey to sleep in that packing-case with the lid on.

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