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smokery|ˈsməʊkərɪ|
[f. smoke n. or v. Cf. Fris. smokerij smoking.]
1. In contemptuous use (see quot.).
1657J. Watts Dipper Sprinkled 97 From the publick Ministery or Steeple-houses, (be it so) to private mysteries or smokeries, rather of their Chimney-houses.
2. Articles or materials used in smoking.
1837New Monthly Mag. L. 86 Pipes of all sorts..—all nations and all people were represented in this vast arsenal of smokery.
3. a. A place used for smoking; a smoking-room, an opium-den, etc.
1901Daily Chron. 29 May 5/6 The immorality of the ‘smokeries’ will probably suffice to close them as disorderly.
b. = smoke-house 3. rare.
1794T. Cooper America 132 His smokery for bacon, hams, &c. is a room about twelve feet square. 1961N. Froud et al. tr. Montagné's Larousse Gastronomique 494/1 In modern smokeries, the racks are fitted into the chimney, thus avoiding a great deal of handling. |