reeky
Example Sentences
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Though all was gone, save reeky bone, a green and grisly heap, With scarce a trace of fleshly face, strange posture did it keep.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
A foe had better brave the deil, Within his reeky cell, Than our thistle's purple bonnet, Or bonny heather-bell.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
A reeky house and a girnin' wife, will lead a man a fashious life.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
He turned, surprised, unconsciously placing himself between her and the reeky water.
From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie
“The yin wi’ the reeky lum and the view o’ chimbley-pots frae the wundy?”
From Philosopher Jack by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
