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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Smell
 
  Smells like a fertilizer factory on a sunny afternoon.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Smellynge as the rose ay fresh and redolent.
            —Alexander Barclay		  2
  Smells as sweet as any posy.
            —Thomas Killigrew		  3
  Smells worse than a tallow-chandler’s shop in the dog-days.
            —Charles Macklin		  4
  He smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish-like smell.
            —William Shakespeare		  5
  Smells of gunpowder like a soldier’s pouch.
            —Richard Brinsley Sheridan		  6
 
 
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