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

Here are Eau de Cologne, violet soap, and watch-ribbons; a smelling bottle of Ems crystal; a snuff-box of fig-tree wood.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

With great suddenness Wych Hazel laid hold of the little smelling bottle, opening her brown eyes to their fullest extent and exclaiming: 'What in the world are you all about!'

From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan

Nor did she run to hold a smelling bottle, or to raise her head.

From A Simple Story by Strachey, G. L.

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 Paine, Albert Bigelow

"I am afraid the heat of the room is too much for you; will you try my smelling bottle?"

From The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie