"smell-smock" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: smell-smocks [plural], smellsmock [alternative], smell-smocke [alternative], smellsmocke [alternative]
Etymology: From smell + smock (“woman's undergarment”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|smell|smock|gloss2=woman's undergarment}} smell + smock (“woman's undergarment”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} smell-smock (plural smell-smocks)
  1. (obsolete) A promiscuous man. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-SQ6hrH7E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 47 31 23 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0 Synonyms: wencher, womanizer, benedick, cad [obsolete, pejorative], drabber [obsolete], fuck boy [pejorative, slang, vulgar], fuck-boy [pejorative, slang, vulgar], fuckboy [pejorative, slang, vulgar], gallant, goat [pejorative], he-bitch [pejorative], himbo [pejorative, sometimes], homme fatal, horndog [informal], loverboy, loverman, man ho [Canada, US, pejorative, slang], man whore [pejorative, slang, vulgar], man-whore [pejorative, slang, vulgar], manslut [pejorative, slang, vulgar], manwhore [pejorative, slang, vulgar], muttonmonger [obsolete, pejorative], philanderer [pejorative], pimp [pejorative], playboy, player, rakehell [archaic, pejorative], rake [dated, pejorative], rip [dated, pejorative], rolling stone [slang], salty dog, satyriasist [pejorative], satyromaniac [pejorative], satyr [pejorative], shag bandit [Britain, pejorative, slang], sleaze [pejorative], smell-smock [obsolete], striker [obsolete], stringer [obsolete], stud, swordsman [informal], tart [pejorative], tomcat [informal], whoremonger [pejorative]
  2. (British, dialect) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis). Tags: British, dialectal
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-Bt6sQUi9 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cardamineae tribe plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 48 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 48 24 Disambiguation of Cardamineae tribe plants: 15 62 23
  3. (British, dialect) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella). Tags: British, dialectal
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-nKwFg2nE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Oxalidales order plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 11 37 53

Inflected forms

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          "source": "Thesaurus:promiscuous man",
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            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "whoremonger"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "cuckooflower",
          "cuckooflower"
        ],
        [
          "lady's smock",
          "lady's smock"
        ],
        [
          "Cardamine pratensis",
          "Cardamine pratensis#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, dialect) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "wood sorrel",
          "wood sorrel"
        ],
        [
          "Oxalis acetosella",
          "Oxalis acetosella#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, dialect) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "smell-smock"
}

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