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smelt of the shop

smelt of the shop is the simple past and past participle 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 smelt of the shop

What is smelt of the shop the simple past and past participle of?
Smelt of the shop is the simple past and past participle of smell of the shop.

Words near smelt of the shop in the dictionary

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

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