peat reek

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noun

the smoke of a peat fire

whisky distilled over a peat fire

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Words nearby peat reek

peat bog, peatland, peat moss, peat pot, pea tree, peat reek, peaty, peau de soie, peau d'orange, peavey, peavy

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How to use peat reek in a sentence

Both reek of false modesty, but Deen does appear jumpy and genuinely anxious at times.
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And hipsters and hippies now reek of old-school, kneejerk attitudes.
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Two days later, on January 5, 2012, MC Peat Co LLP took out a loan in the amount of £2.73 million, or $4.5 million.
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Charlie Peat denied to me by email that his investment house was lent any money from Roman Abramovich.
Britain’s KGB Sugar Daddy|Michael Weiss|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The particulars of this case, in fact, reek with the stench of crony capitalism.
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A moment later there was Something nearly at his left elbow, and he smelt again the nameless, fœtid reek.
Uncanny Tales|Various
He had nearly bitten his swollen tongue in two falling over an unseen peat-cutting, and blood-flecked foam gathered on his lips.
Uncanny Tales|Various
It must be carefully composted with peat, and turned over several times before being used.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
It is sometimes mixed with lime or gypsum, and dried with heat, and sometimes with animal charcoal or peat charcoal.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
Dry peat of good quality contains about one per cent of nitrogen, and a quantity of ash varying from five to twenty per cent.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson