"smoke eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-smoke eater.ogg Forms: smoke eaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoke eater (plural smoke eaters)
  1. (slang) A firefighter. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-smoke_eater-en-noun-JdGz034N
  2. A device or piece of equipment designed to remove smoke from the air. Categories (topical): Firefighting, Occupations, People Synonyms: smoke-eater Translations (smoke-removing device): savunpoistaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-smoke_eater-en-noun-mIKSKPlm Disambiguation of Firefighting: 3 97 Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 97 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'smoke-removing device': 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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