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smudge fire
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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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
The dun smoke of a smudge-fire shows that Harry is in prairie fashion protecting our stock, and I see it drifting eastward across the dusty plain, with the cattle seeking shelter from mosquitoes under it.
1956
We had to build a big smudge fire for each dog.