Noseful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    As much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into one's 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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"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."

Etymology

From nose + -ful.

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