smoke

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

v. (slang).

See quotation.

1893. `Sydney Morning Herald,' June 26, p. 8, col. 8:

«He said to the larrikins, `You have done for him now; youhave killed him.' `What!' said one of them, `do not say we werehere. Let us smoke.' `Smoke,' it may be explained, is theslang for the `push' to get away as fast as possible.»

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