Nostrilful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The amount of a substance that can fit in a nostril.

    "Some of his contemporaries from other waters are greeted with nostrilsful of foul water, reeking of detergent and factory waste."

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"Some of his contemporaries from other waters are greeted with nostrilsful of foul water, reeking of detergent and factory waste."

Etymology

From nostril + -ful.

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