whiff-sniffer

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• whiff-sniffer — AND wiff sniffer n. a prohibitionist; someone always alert for the smell of alcohol on someone’s breath. (Prohibition.) □ Martin is something of a whiff sniffer. □ No wiff sniffer is going to tell me what to do …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• wiff-sniffer — Go to whiff sniffer …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Olfaction — Le système olfactif est, avec l’ouïe, l’organe des sens spatialement le plus proche du cerveau. Il est aussi le premier à se former lors de l’embryogenèse, ce qui traduit probablement l’importance que l’odorat devait avoir pour nos ancêtres… …   Wikipédia en Français

• sniff — [[t]snɪ̱f[/t]] sniffs, sniffing, sniffed 1) VERB When you sniff, you breathe in air through your nose hard enough to make a sound, for example when you are trying not to cry, or in order to show disapproval. She wiped her face and sniffed loudly …   English dictionary

• nose — n 1. neb, nib, bill, pecker, All Sl. beak, snoot, schnozz, schnozzle, schnozzola; snout, muzzle, Sl. nozzle, Facetious. proboscis, trunk, Entomol. antlia; nostrils, nasal passage or cavity, breather, air hole, spiracle, blow hole; sniffer,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder