smell-smock en · NOUN
Etymology
From smell + smock (“woman's undergarment”).
Meanings
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(obsolete) A promiscuous man.
As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.
1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore, Part 2, act 4, scene 1; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 247:
- (UK, dialectal) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis).
- (UK, dialectal) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| smell-smocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| smell-smocke | alternative | lexicographic | |
| smellsmock | alternative | lexicographic | |
| smellsmocke | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Synonyms
gallant · tart · himbo · rip · womanizer · fuck-boy · wencher · fuckboy · loverboy · stringer · rake · philanderer · benedick · manwhore · man-whore · stud · player · swordsman · salty dog · goat · smell-smock · rolling stone · sleaze · pimp · horndog · he-bitch · homme fatal · satyr · cad · playboy · satyromaniac · rover · drabber · fuck boy · striker · loverman · rakehell · shag bandit · tomcat · satyriasist · muttonmonger · man whore · man ho · manslut · whoremonger