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smelling salts

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smell·ing salts (smlng)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Any of various preparations of ammonium carbonate and perfume, sniffed as a restorative or stimulant especially to relieve faintness and headache.
smelling salts
Noun, pl
a preparation containing crystals of ammonium carbonate, used to revive a person feeling faint
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Noun1.smelling salts - a pungent preparation of ammonium carbonate and perfume; sniffed as a stimulant to relieve faintness
formulation, preparation - a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
sal volatile, spirits of ammonia - a solution of ammonium carbonate in ammonia water and alcohol
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Lady Carey disembarked, a complete wreck, leaning on the arm of her maid, and with a bottle of smelling salts clutched in her hand.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Waltzing, I blush to own it, means picking me up off the floor, and putting smelling salts to my nostrils.
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It was evening, and Bradley was walking in his garden observed from behind a blind by gentle little Miss Peecher, who contemplated offering him a loan of her smelling salts for headache, when Mary Anne, in faithful attendance, held up her arm.
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