"smell-smock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smell-smocks [plural]
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 Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Oxalidales order plants Synonyms (promiscuous man): wencher Related terms (promiscuous man): smock-smelling
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-SQ6hrH7E Disambiguation of People: 50 24 26 Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 21 42 37 Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 30 38 32 Disambiguation of 'promiscuous man': 97 1 2 Disambiguation of 'promiscuous man': 97 1 2
  2. (British, dialect) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis). Tags: British, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Cardamineae tribe plants, Oxalidales order plants
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-Bt6sQUi9 Disambiguation of Cardamineae tribe plants: 18 53 29 Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 21 42 37 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 49 24 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 30 38 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 50 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 52 23
  3. (British, dialect) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella). Tags: British, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Oxalidales order plants
    Sense id: en-smell-smock-en-noun-nKwFg2nE Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 21 42 37 Categories (other): British English, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 30 38 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: womanizer, promiscuous man

Inflected forms

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