Perhaps the American Library Association should commission high tech wizards to develop a "smell-o-meter" which could standardize our judgments.
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Smell-o-meter
Synonyms for "smell-o-meter"
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1997 May 7, William Greene, misc.fitness.weights, Usenet Somebody needs to invent a "smell-o-meter" for gyms
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In other words, the wolf scent that is old, though it registers on the deer’s “smell-o-meter,” causes a far different behavioral reaction than one that is fresh.
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