Definition of "smokey"

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.

1888, Henry Murger, Bohemians of the Latin Quarter‎

The kind who craves an "alternative to the smokey bar scene," says the studio's Web site, in the form of an "invigorating candlelight yoga class accompanied by great live music."

2005 June 10, Liz Armstrong, “Summertime, and the Pleasures Are Guilty”, in Chicago Reader‎

By the time we got into Tulsa TownWe had eighty-five trucks in allBut there's a roadblock up on the cloverleafAnd them bears was wall-to-wall.Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumperThey even had a bear in the air.

1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall

The middle position, or "rocking chair," is so called because the drivers in the middle don't have to worry about watching for smokeys.

1977, Terry Cook, Vans and the Truckin' Life, page 27

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.

2007, Ben W. Thompson, M'Naghten Rules

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.

2014, Nic Pizzolatto, 42:30 from the start, in True Detective, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Ginger (Joseph Sikora)