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smells of the shop

smells of the shop is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smell of the shop.

Meaning of smell of the shop

Verb

smell of the shop (third-person singular simple present smells of the shop, present participle smelling of the shop, simple past and past participle smelled of the shop or smelt of the shop)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.
    • They may purchase estates, and become squires, and marry women "of condition;" but the way in which their money was acquired must exclude at least that generation. Their money smells of the shop.1834, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine

Questions about smells of the shop

What is smells of the shop the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Smells of the shop is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smell of the shop.

Words near smells of the shop in the dictionary

  1. smells like a tart's bedroom
  2. smells like a tart's boudoir
  3. smells like a tart's handbag
  4. smells like a tart's handkerchief
  5. smells of the lamp
  6. smells of the shop
  7. smells out
  8. smells the barn
  9. smells the coffee
  10. smells up
  11. smells what someone is stepping in

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