smell-smock
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
smell + smock (“woman's undergarment”)
Noun[edit]
smell-smock (plural smell-smocks)
- (obsolete) A promiscuous man.
- 1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore, Part 2, act 4, scene 1; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker[1], unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 247:
- As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.
- (British, dialect) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis).
- (British, dialect) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella).
Synonyms[edit]
- (promiscuous man): wencher, womanizer; see also Thesaurus:promiscuous man
Related terms[edit]
- (promiscuous man): smock-smelling
References[edit]
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary[2], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 552