Meaning of smoke-eater | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“A. H. Strom, the “firemen’s friend,” who has been serving coffee and sandwiches to the smoke-eaters at practically every fire of importance in the last⟳ twenty years, also spoke, as did Tommy Allen, Civil War Veteran, and former fireman.”

“In fact, six pieces of apparatus were called out as a result⟳ of the second and third alarms and the smoke⟳ was so thick that even some of the so-called “smoke-eaters” were overcome⟳ in their desperate efforts to check it.”

“The blaze was yet a fern fire, but it was what the smoke-eaters called a “hot job.””

“In his southern drawl, Fire Chief Chase⟳ Talbot addressed the thirty or so smoke-eaters assembled in the academy classroom, the smile⟳ on his face⟳ warm and affectionate.”

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