"smokey bear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: smokey bears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smokey bear (plural smokey bears)
  1. Alternative form of Smokey Bear (“highway patrolman”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Smokey Bear (extra: highway patrolman)
    Sense id: en-smokey_bear-en-noun-JyKw-NgH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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