noseful
English
Etymology
Noun
noseful (plural nosefuls)
- As much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into one's nose; a sniff.
- 2002, Kate Grenville, Joan makes history:
- At last he did what I wanted: I stood so close I could snuff up nosefuls of his musty smell, and he snipped the curls from my head one by one.