Smock-smelling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The activity of flirting, seducing or pursuing women. obsolete, uncountable

    "A drench that's able to kill a horse, cannot kill this disease of smock-smelling, my lord, if it have once eaten deep."

Synonyms

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philanderingwenchingwomanizing

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"A drench that's able to kill a horse, cannot kill this disease of smock-smelling, my lord, if it have once eaten deep."

Etymology

From smock (“woman's undergarment”) + smelling.

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