You wouldn’t say I was husky: I smoke wildly and finish coughing eventually (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
eskimo dog
'you wouldn't say i was husky' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'i smoke wildly and finish coughing eventually' is the wordplay.
'wildly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'finish' becomes 'do' (**).
'eventually' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'coughing' is 'g'.
'i'+'smoke'='ismoke'
'ismoke' is an anagram of 'eskimo'.
'eskimo'+'do'+'g'='ESKIMO DOG'
(Another definition for eskimo dog that I've seen is " Fur-coated drag specialist".)