reekage en · NOUN
Etymology
From reek + -age.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Foul-smelling matter; material that reeks.
The Sankey brook is described as receiving the reekage from huge heaps of waste, and as, in fact, a sewer containing sulphur running down considerably more yellow than amber.
1876, Lory Marsh, Handbook of Rural Sanitary Science, page 69:Dr. F. M. Corner (Poplar) said that according to his experience, which was not great with regard to typhus, it had been due to the habits of the people ; certain families would live like pigs, and everything would get into a shocking condition with animal reekage.
1888, Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute - Volume 9, page 205:Open the road and save our seed From reekage of the slums!
1968, Hugh Anderson, Bernard O'Dowd - Volume 36, page 61: