"smell-smock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smell-smocks [plural]
Etymology: 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 Categories (topical): People Synonyms (promiscuous man): wencher Related terms (promiscuous man): smock-smelling
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-SQ6hrH7E Disambiguation of People: 15 41 44 Disambiguation of 'promiscuous man': 97 1 1 Disambiguation of 'promiscuous man': 97 1 1
  2. (Britain, dialect) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis). Tags: Britain, dialectal Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Cardamineae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-Bt6sQUi9 Disambiguation of People: 15 41 44 Disambiguation of Cardamineae tribe plants: 10 53 37 Categories (other): British English
  3. (Britain, dialect) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella). Tags: Britain, dialectal Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Oxalidales order plants
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-nKwFg2nE Disambiguation of People: 15 41 44 Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 21 33 46 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: womanizer, promiscuous man

Inflected forms

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