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Meaning of smell-smock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A promiscuous man.
    obsolete
  2. A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis).
    British, dialectal
  3. A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella).
    British, dialectal

Examples

“As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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