mothballs
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And it’s very possible that the fullback position, currently headed to the mothballs, will eventually make a comeback.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
A new sofa with firm cushions and pristine fabric outshines an old, dusty, worn-in couch that smells like mothballs.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022
Growing up, restaurateur Andy Kalish associated two smells with Friday nights: his grandmother's chicken soup and mothballs in his grandfather's closet.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2022
The September 1974 journal, dog-eared and smelling of pipe smoke and mothballs, included the first published reference to Morgan commissioning the timepiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
The room was filled with an intense smell of mothballs.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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