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Definition of Reeky
1. a. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
Definition of Reeky
1. Adjective. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. ¹
2. Adjective. Emitting reek. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reeky
1. reeking [adj REEKIER, REEKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reeky
Literary usage of Reeky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Old Noll's Fiddler. (See FIDDLES.) Old Fort School. Old-fashioned clergymen, who
stick to Church and State, old port and " orthodoxy." Old reeky. ..."
2. Travels in Scotland by Johann Georg Kohl (1849)
"... CRAGS AND ARTHUR'S SEAT —THE CALTON HILL—PLAN OF EDINBURGH PICTORIAL SITE OF
THE CITY—" AUI.D reeky"—EDINBURGH BY NIGHT—POVERTY IN EDINBURGH THE CLOSES ..."
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