Noseshot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A range of smell, a distance in which something is detectable by smell. idiomatic, uncountable

    "As she approached closer, though, the load of rabbits came into vivid noseshot, and the saxophonist's nose wrinkled at the reek."

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"As she approached closer, though, the load of rabbits came into vivid noseshot, and the saxophonist's nose wrinkled at the reek."

Etymology

Blend of nose + earshot or from nose + shot.

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