smell-smock
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
smellsmock, smell-smocke, smellsmocke
=== Etymology ===
From smell + smock (“woman's undergarment”).
=== Noun ===
smell-smock (plural smell-smocks)
(obsolete) A promiscuous man.
Synonyms: wencher, womanizer; see also Thesaurus:promiscuous man
Coordinate term: smock-smelling
(UK, dialect) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis).
(UK, dialect) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella).
=== References ===
Higgins, John (1585), The nomenclator, or remembrancer of Adrianus Iunius physician, diuided in two tomes, conteining proper names and apt termes for all thinges vnder their conuenient titles[2], London: Ralph Newberie and Henrie Denham, page 528b
Wright, Joseph (1904), The English Dialect Dictionary[3], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 552