Coalsmoke

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of coal-smoke. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "During the long wait in the station another smell assailed our nostrils; a compound of coalsmoke, fish, oranges and other fruit and vegetables. […] Out in the village there was a new smell: peatsmoke, a much more romantic smell than coalsmoke – the railway was now far away."

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"During the long wait in the station another smell assailed our nostrils; a compound of coalsmoke, fish, oranges and other fruit and vegetables. […] Out in the village there was a new smell: peatsmoke, a much more romantic smell than coalsmoke – the railway was now far away."

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