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smeller

American  
[smel-er] / ˈsmɛl ər /

noun

  1. a person who smells.

  2. a person who tests by smelling.

  3. Informal. the nose.

  4. a tactile hair or process, as one of the whiskers of a cat; a feeler.


Etymology

Origin of smeller

First recorded in 1510–20; smell + -er 1

Example Sentences

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A flight attendant might be able to move you to a different seat or, if the flight hasn’t left yet, remove the offending smeller.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2024

A thousand people could give a thousand different answers since smell doesn’t lie in a scent’s source, but in the intensely personal archive of experience and sensation the smeller brings to the act.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021

A hard worker, spiffy dresser and preternaturally talented smeller, Mr. Powell was also the ur-New Yorker, living paycheck to paycheck and doing what he loved in his off hours.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

Each choice leads to another, until the smeller dead-ends at a base note: amber, oakmoss, musk.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

And so you did, sir, a regular smeller.

From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by Greene, J. B.