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mosquito-smudge
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a fire which gives off dense, acrid smoke from having damp moss, green grass or leaves, etc. heaped on its flames
See: smudge (DCHP-1)(def. 1)
Quotations
1909
At three o'clock in the morning we haul into the Hay River Mission, where the familiar mosquito-smudge greets us at the Landing.
1953
Cluttered around several mosquito smudges, they were cleaning their guns and sharpening their long, wicked skinning knives.