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smelling bottles

smelling bottles is the plural of smelling bottle.

Meaning of smelling bottle

Noun

smelling bottle (plural smelling bottles)

  1. A bottle for smelling salts.
    • [A]ll the spectators could easily perceive her perturbation, which manifested itself in frequent palpitations, heart-heavings, and alterations of countenance, in spite of the assistance of a smelling-bottle which she incessantly applied to her nostrils.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about smelling bottles

What is smelling bottles the plural of?
Smelling bottles is the plural of smelling bottle.

Words near smelling bottles in the dictionary

  1. smelling
  2. smelling a rat
  3. smelling aid
  4. smelling blood
  5. smelling bottle
  6. smelling bottles
  7. smelling like a rose
  8. smelling like a tart's bedroom
  9. smelling like a tart's boudoir
  10. smelling like a tart's handbag
  11. smelling like a tart's handkerchief

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