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smeller

[ smel-er ]

noun

  1. a person who smells.
  2. a person who tests by smelling.
  3. Informal. the nose.
  4. a tactile hair or process, as one of the whiskers of a cat; a feeler.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of smeller1

First recorded in 1510–20; smell + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Row between the financial angel and the literary editor about the chief translator and polyglot smeller.

I got in with a smeller afore he came right down with his slogger.

But soon his little "smeller," as sometimes Bunny's father called his nose, began to get red again.

You see, his name is S. Mellar, and if you say it quickly it sounds like 'Smeller.'

Indeed, I think a good smeller will enjoy its most refined intensity.

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