smokey – English noun declension

English noun forms of smokey

Noun: smokey
Singularsmokey
Pluralsmokies; smokeys

Sample Sentences

  • 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. [1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:]
  • The middle position, or "rocking chair," is so called because the drivers in the middle don't have to worry about watching for smokeys. [1977, Terry Cook, Vans and the Truckin' Life, page 27:]
  • 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. [2007, Ben W. Thompson, M'Naghten Rules, →ISBN:]
  • 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. [2014, Nic Pizzolatto, 42:30 from the start, in True Detective, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Ginger (Joseph Sikora):]

Etymology

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