smokey

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

smokey

  1. Alternative spelling of smoky
    • 1888, Henry Murger, Bohemians of the Latin Quarter‎:
      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.
    • 2005 June 10, Liz Armstrong, “Summertime, and the Pleasures Are Guilty”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      The kind who craves an "alternative to the smokey bar scene," says the studio's Web site, in the form of an "invigorating candlelight yoga class accompanied by great live music."

Etymology 2

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

Noun

smokey (plural smokies or smokeys)

  1. (CB slang) A state trooper. By extension, a cop, police officer.
    • 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
      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.
    • 1977, Terry Cook, Vans and the Truckin' Life, page 27:
      The middle position, or "rocking chair," is so called because the drivers in the middle don't have to worry about watching for smokeys.
    • 2007, Ben W. Thompson, M'Naghten Rules, →ISBN:
      I was keeping an eye out for the smokeys who were no doubt hiding and waiting for unsuspecting tourists on the way in from Jacksonville.
    • 2014, Nic Pizzolatto, 42:30 from the start, in True Detective, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Ginger (Joseph Sikora):
      Well let me tell you why I came, Crash: I need something from you, tonight. I had a four-man team for a big grab, lost one to smokies. I came looking to replace him, if you're still a badass.
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