a-smokeadj.
/əˈsməʊk/ Smoking.
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a-smoke1827
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 554 Cottages all a-smoke.
1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 106 With yet warm blood the altars were a-smoke.
1904 B. von Hutten Pam 190 Its chimneys were all asmoke.
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