smell of the shop

Verb

Meaning

smell of the shop (third-person singular simple present smells of the shop, present participle smelling of the shop, simple past and past participle smelled of the shop or smelt of the shop)

(idiomatic, dated) To indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

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