nose-shot

A form of noseshot — A range of smell, a distance in which something is detectable by smell.

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Meanings

nounnose-shot (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of noseshot.

    It was a matter of a few minutes to dress him and soon the smell of fresh frying fish floated over the river, enticing everyone within nose-shot.

    2001, William V. Reynolds, River Pilot, →ISBN, page 75
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    These will turn up their fat goggle eyes at the richness of the sky-line of the picturesque buildings, as seen from the grand parade, but another organ is elevated when they come within nose-shot of those who occupy them.

    1861, John Heiton, The castes of Edinburgh, page 324

    These sensations constituted avoidances and anxieties of particular sites within the Centre: thus, for example, children described how they did not 'enjoy things' within nose-shot of the Centre's toilets, nappy-changing tables, hand-wash dispensers.

    2010, Louise Holt, Geographies of Children, Youth and Families, →ISBN
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