SMOKE-EATER Definition & Meaning

smoke-eater

[ smohk-ee-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Slang.

a firefighter.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of smoke-eater¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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But Pfeifer had a well-earned reputation for physical toughness, dating from his earliest days as a young smoke-eater charging into burning tenements across Manhattan.

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Pausing only long enough to see that Mr. Nestor and some others were looking after the exhausted "smoke-eater," Ned raced on after Tom.

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