smelling bottle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of smelling bottle
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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At that moment the door opened softly and, with her smelling bottle in her hand, Miss Aline came in.
From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Mrs. Costello sniffed a little at her smelling bottle.
From Daisy Miller by James, Henry
"Oh, that's all right," replied Mrs. Vrain, putting a gold-topped smelling bottle to her nose.
From The Silent House by Hume, Fergus
"Not in the least," returned Mrs. Lincoln, twirling the golden stopper of her smelling bottle.
From The English Orphans by Holmes, Mary Jane
Maria, her duenna, scolding, and pitying, and nursing her with a smelling bottle.
From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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