smelling bottle

American  

noun

1. a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.

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Etymology

Origin of smelling bottle

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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smelling bottle

They shan't have my new ear-rings, I 'll hide 'em, and my best dress, and my gold smelling bottle.

From An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

The trouble is with the sort of perfumery he uses when he gets excited, just as some people use a smelling bottle, and nobody seems to like the sort Mr. Polecat uses except himself.

From The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book being a new edition in one volume of "The Hollow Tree" and "In The Deep Woods" with several new stories and pictures added by Albert Bigelow Paine

Here little Pet exhibited signs of faintness, which good Mrs. Crull stopped by an instant application of the smelling bottle.

From Round the Block by John Bell Bouton

A paper box, containing a silver-mounted smelling bottle, a toilette cushion, an amethyst brooch, a silver butter-knife, a pair of gloves, and 2 shillings for missions.

From A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part by George Müller

Mrs. Hungerford made haste to hold a smelling bottle to the sufferer’s nostrils, but it was feebly waved aside as if it hindered rather than helped.

From Dorothy's Travels by S. Schneider