reek
noun
a strong, unpleasant smell.
reeky
-
a word derived from
reek.
Example Sentences
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“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
A reeky house and a girnin' wife, will lead a man a fashious life.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Stratford Marlowe and I worked throughout the night, troubled by reeky candles, rain and chill.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
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
