Smokey the Bear

smokey (bear)

slang Code for a state trooper or police officer used on citizens band (CB) radio, especially by long-haul truckers. Alludes to the style of hat that many state troopers wear, which is also worn by Smokey Bear, the character used to promote wildfire prevention. Anyone got their ears on? Just spotted a smokey off the junction to I-75 junction. A: "Watch out for smokey bears heading into Derby City." B: "10-4."
See also: smokey
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Smokey (the Bear)

n. a highway patrol officer; a police officer. (see also bear, lady bear.) A Smokey was hiding behind a billboard!
See also: bear, Smokey
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • smokey (bear)
  • lap of the gods
  • in good/poor/etc. state of repair
  • yellow state
  • red state
  • regress
  • regress to
  • regress to (something)
  • be in a sorry state
  • relapse into (something)
References in periodicals archive
Little Golden Books produced a Smokey the Bear volume for kids, and the caboodle of merch has never stopped.
The text's central conceit is that Smokey the Bear is a Buddha.
Through an innovative partnership with the USDA Forest Service, a portion of the proceeds from every sale of Smokey the Bear honey goes to support educational efforts on wildfire prevention, say Natural American Foods officials.
"The Smokey the Bear campaign was launched in 1944 [in the U.S.] and is credited with preventing ...
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Smokey the Bear was a big deal then and the rangers were always nice to me."
A participant in the first Orlando focus group said, "Everyone knows who Smokey the Bear is." While Smokey Bear and the message of preventing forest fires were salient, salience did not transfer to FFS, which along with the United States Forest Service and other state forest services can use Smokey Bear as a mascot.
Remember what Smokey the Bear said, "Only you can prevent forest fires." Only you!
"Maybe he expected the chair to say, `Whoa, I heard that.' My guess is that Neil was really desperate to come up with something to rhyme with `there' and he had already rejected `So I ate a pear,' `Like Smokey the Bear,' and `There were nits in my hair.'"
And the campaign is intended to be as long-lasting and hopefully as effective as the iconic Smokey the Bear forest fire prevention public service ads.
Everyone's favorite Forest Ranger, Smokey the Bear, turned 65 this year, with a celebration on August 10.
Crutchfield, a noted Western historian, relates 31 historical events that shaped the history of New Mexico from the killing of Billy the Kid to the real story of Smokey the Bear. The author puts these vents into chronological order from the archaeological discovery of Folsom Man (who lived in 9000 B.C.) to the 1996 death of actress Greer Garson, a famous Pecos resident.
Smokey the Bear once said, "Only you can prevent forest fires." Well, if Smokey had seen The Teakettle Experiment: Fire and Forest Health, he would know that fires are a natural occurrence in an old growth forest.
Smokey The Bear showed his liking for the course when completing a hat-trick in a Class 5 handicap last month.
So, out go Heron Bay, Players Please, Charlie Tokyo, Sgt Schultz and Smokey The Bear.