"smoke eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-smoke eater.ogg [Australia] Forms: smoke eaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoke eater (plural smoke eaters)
  1. (slang) A firefighter. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-smoke_eater-en-noun-JdGz034N Disambiguation of Occupations: 94 6 Disambiguation of People: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11
  2. A device or piece of equipment designed to remove smoke from the air. Categories (topical): People Translations (smoke-removing device): savunpoistaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-smoke_eater-en-noun-mIKSKPlm Disambiguation of People: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'smoke-removing device': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smoke-eater

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Download JSON data for smoke eater meaning in English (2.2kB)

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