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smelling salts
noun
a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
smelling salts
plural noun
a pungent preparation containing crystals of ammonium carbonate that has a stimulant action when sniffed in cases of faintness, headache, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of smelling salts1
Example Sentences
"We'd be given smelling salts, sponge on the neck, back out and play," he said.
It wasn't quite the smelling salts and stretchers of 2024, but it was close.
He would end up on the couch himself with Carl Jung waving a fan and some smelling salts in his face.
Tears streaking her face, Khin Win was revived with smelling salts as she sat at the Buddhist ceremony.
Clutch your bosom and reach for the smelling salts.
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