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peatsmoke

peatsmoke is the alternative form of peat-smoke.

Meaning of peat-smoke

Noun

peat-smoke (uncountable)

  1. Smoke from burning peat.
    • “I would rather sleep on the fresh heather, as I have done many a night on less occasion,” said Roland Graeme, “than in that smoky garret of your father’s, that smells of peat-smoke and usquebaugh like a Highlander’s plaid.”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...

Questions about peatsmoke

What is peatsmoke the alternative form of?
Peatsmoke is the alternative form of peat-smoke.

Words near peatsmoke in the dictionary

  1. Peatross
  2. Peatrosses
  3. peatry
  4. peats
  5. Peats Ridge
  6. peatsmoke
  7. peatstack
  8. peatstacks
  9. peatswamp
  10. peatswamps
  11. Peattie

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