"smokey" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1888, Henry Murger, Bohemians of the Latin Quarter",
          "text": "One day Rodolphe, who had been jugged for some slight choreographic extravagances, stumbled upon an uncle of his, one Monetti, a stove maker and smokey chimney doctor, and sargeant of the National Guard, whom he had not seen for an age.",
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          "ref": "2005 June 10, Liz Armstrong, “Summertime, and the Pleasures Are Guilty”, in Chicago Reader",
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  "etymology_text": "Short for Smokey Bear (“a cartoon Park Ranger”).",
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          "ref": "1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall",
          "text": "By the time we got into Tulsa Town\nWe had eighty-five trucks in all\nBut there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf\nAnd them bears was wall-to-wall.\nYeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper\nThey even had a bear in the air.",
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          "ref": "1977, Terry Cook, Vans and the Truckin' Life, page 27",
          "text": "The middle position, or \"rocking chair,\" is so called because the drivers in the middle don't have to worry about watching for smokeys.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2014, Nic Pizzolatto, 42:30 from the start, in True Detective, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Ginger (Joseph Sikora)",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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