- smokey
- adjective see smoky
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Smokey — may refer to:*Smokey (album), album by Smokey Robinson. * Smokey and the Bandit , a 1977 movie starring Burt Reynolds. *Smokey Bear, mascot of the United States Forest Service. *Smokey (mascot), mascot of the University of Tennessee. *Smokey… … Wikipedia
Smokey — ist der Name folgender Personen: Smokey Hogg (1914–1960), US amerikanischer Country Blues Sänger und Gitarrist Smokey Joe Baugh (1932–1999), US amerikanischer Pianist Smokey Robinson (* 1940), US amerikanischer Sänger Soul und R B Sänger Smokey… … Deutsch Wikipedia
smokey — variant of SMOKY (Cf. smoky). Also sometimes short for SMOKEY BEAR (Cf. Smokey Bear) … Etymology dictionary
smokey — [smō′kē] adj. alt. sp. of SMOKY … English World dictionary
smokey — American a policeman The DAS suggests this comes from Smokey the Bear, the US Forestry Service symbol, and see also bear1. The only enemies are the weather and the occasional lawman, known as Smokey Bear . (Daily Telegraph, 1995,… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
smokey — /smoh kee/, n., pl. smokeys. (often cap.) Slang. 1. an officer or officers of a state highway patrol. 2. a state police car. Also called Smokey Bear. [1970 75, Amer.; shortened from Smokey the Bear, a cartoon figure used in the U. S. Forest… … Universalium
smokey — n American a police officer. The term derives from Smokey the Bear , a cartoon character wearing the hat of a Forest Ranger, who issued warnings against careless behaviour that could cause forest fires; it was then applied, jocularly at first, to … Contemporary slang
Smokey Bear — in a propaganda poster based on the Lord Kitchener Wants You poster of World War I Smokey Bear (often called Smokey the Bear or simply Smokey) is a mascot of the United States Forest Service created to educate the public about the… … Wikipedia
Smokey Stover — was a comic strip written and drawn by Bill Holman from the 1930s until he retired in 1973. Distributed through the Chicago Tribune , it had the longest run of any strip in the screwball genre. Holman was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana and moved … Wikipedia
Smokey Robinson — (2006) William „Smokey“ Robinson, Jr. (* 19. Februar 1940 in Detroit, Michigan) ist ein US amerikanischer Soul und R B Sänger, der als einer der führenden Künstler für den Erfolg des Plattenlabels Motown Records mitverantwortlich war … Deutsch Wikipedia
Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill — is a chain of casual dining restaurants. Its headquarters is in Orlando, Florida and it is owned by Sun Capital Partners. Darden Restaurants, Inc. created the concept and the first Smokey Bones restaurant opened in Orlando, Florida, in 1999. It… … Wikipedia
