noseful

noseful
As much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into ones nose; a sniff.

At last he did what I wanted: I stood so close I could snuff up nosefuls of his musty smell, and he snipped the curls from my head one by one.


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  • get a noseful — verb smell strongly and intensely • Syn: ↑get a whiff • Hypernyms: ↑smell • Verb Frames: Somebody s PP …   Useful english dictionary

  • snootful — noun A noseful. Suddenly the Soda Butte animals are getting great snootfuls of scent laid down over the past month by other wolves, which apparently leaves them with a certain longing for their own quiet, unsullied digs far to the northeast …   Wiktionary

  • get a whiff — verb smell strongly and intensely • Syn: ↑get a noseful • Hypernyms: ↑smell • Verb Frames: Somebody s PP …   Useful english dictionary

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