Have you ever heard anybody call a baby's pacifier a "smoker"?

[bbernardini]

My wife and I were visiting with her dad's parents the other day, and her grandmother repeatedly referred to our son's pacifier as a "smoker." I tried looking up this usage, and all I could find were articles about smokers using pacifiers as an aid in smoking cessation. I'm assuming it's a central Pennsylvania thing, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Anybody ever heard of this usage?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Nope. In our house it's always been "binky" and "Mr. Binks"... although

my son referred to it (in his loudest 18 month old holler) "BBBBBBIIIIIINNNNNNTTTTT"!!!

[bbernardini]

2. Kick!

[Richard Steele]

3. I grew up in Central PA, and never heard that one. "Binky" and "Bippy" were common.

[ceile]

4. That's very odd.

I've never heard that.

[ironflange]

5. We always called them "Nukkers"

Or "Nukkees." That was from the brand name.

[bbernardini]

6. Kick!

[Kutjara]

7. In the UK, they're called "dummies."

I haven't heard "smokers" before.