Smokey Bear
Smokey Bear the name of an animal character used in US fire-prevention advertising and characteristically wearing a wide-brimmed hat; Smokey Bear was then used in the US as a name for a state policeman, since the hats worn by state troopers resembled those in the cartoon.
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