reek
noun
a strong, unpleasant smell.
reeky
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a word derived from
reek.
Example Sentences
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A foe had better brave the deil, Within his reeky cell, Than our thistle's purple bonnet, Or bonny heather-bell.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
“The yin wi’ the reeky lum and the view o’ chimbley-pots frae the wundy?”
From Philosopher Jack by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He packed his trappings Academical, And sailed to join the Congress Chemical, Which met that year in London reeky, To study “la chimie appliquée.”
From Wayside Weeds by William Hodgson Ellis
Though all was gone, save reeky bone, a green and grisly heap, With scarce a trace of fleshly face, strange posture did it keep.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
Hence is a road that led them a-down to the Tartarean streams, Where Acheron's whirlpool impetuous, into the reeky Deep of Cokytos disgorgeth, with muddy burden.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges
