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Smokey Bear U.S. slang.|ˈsməʊkɪ bɛə(r)|
Also Smoky Bear; in sense 2 Smokey the Bear and ellipt. as Smok(e)y.
[f. smokey var. smoky a. and n. + bear n.1: the name of an animal character used in U.S. fire-prevention advertising.]
1. Used attrib. and absol. to designate a type of wide-brimmed hat.
1969I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam ii. 23 Sergeants Sullivant, McKane and Rothweiller..wore the round, soft-brimmed hats known by Americans as ‘Smokey Bear’—similar to those of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 1974R. M. Pirsig Zen & Art of Motorcycle Maintenance xii. 142 At the park entrance we stop and pay a man in a Smokey Bear hat.
2. A state policeman; collect. state police.
1974Rolling Stone 26 Sept. 86 Truckers..keep Don advised for the location of ‘Smokies’..so he'll know when to gear the tour bus down from its maximum speed of 82 mph. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 36/12 They [sc. CB radios] are used by lorry drivers to warn: ‘Smokey down the line.’ 1975High Times Dec. 67/2 The cab is better outfitted..with..CB radio (for trackin' those Smokeys in the unwrapped package). 1976Perkowski & Stral Joy of CB ii. 16 Truckers warned each other of the location of ‘Smokey Bears’ (the name state troopers were given because their hats resembled that worn by the fabled firefighter). 1976Lieberman & Rhodes Compl. CB Handbk. vi. 137 Smokey the bear, State Police. 1978Weekend 20–26 Dec. 22 Long distance lorry drivers in Ameria try to avoid smokey bears and tend to drink road tar. Or, in English, avoid state police and drink coffee. 1979O. McNab Horror Story (1980) xviii. 72 That Smoky looking at us? Ibid. xix. 79 We've got a Smokey Bear on the side. |