smokey

¹

[smoh-kee]

noun

(often initial capital letter)

plural

smokeys 

1. an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.

2. a state police car.

smokey

²

[smoh-kee]

adjective

smokier, smokiest 

1. a variant of smoky.

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

Example Sentences

Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey are your hosts.

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Dan Puddle, who owns Smokey Deez, a small mobile pizza van based in Suffolk says: "It's not that people have fallen out of love with pizza - they just want better pizza for their money."

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Yet there was no denying his deep connection to soul-music tradition; among the tunes he covered were Smokey Robinson’s “Cruisin’” and Roberta Flack’s “Feel Like Makin’ Love.”

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Another leader in Rancho San Pedro, authorities allege, is Salvador “Smokey” Perez, 33, who is serving 18 years at Kern Valley State Prison for shooting at a perceived gang rival in 2011.

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The vet that Alan took Smokey to initially found nothing abnormal, but when his condition deteriorated, scans revealed a blockage in his intestines.

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