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whiff

noun as in smell of an odor

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Zhao has him whiff it so that Mescal can say the lines again, louder.

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There’s a whiff of PBS to the way the musical unfolds.

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I get close enough to catch a whiff of Woo’s scent—a musky combination of wet fur and cheesy pizza grease.

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There was the faintest whiff of herring, too, for it would take more than one washing to get that smell out of a thick knitted sweater.

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The children were restless, too, and their noses twitched in hopes of catching another whiff of whoever their unseen visitor had been.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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