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Meanings of savoury smell in English

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Usage of savoury smell in English
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The appetising, savoury smell of my rasher seemed to drive them mad.
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
2
Ribby set the pie upon the table; there was a very savoury smell.
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
3
From other houses music floated, or the savoury smell of dinner.
Gone to Earth
4
Maskull's nostrils quivered at the savoury smell, but he was not yet to dine.
A Voyage to Arcturus
5
The old man felt that he was weakening, the savoury smell took possession of him.
Selected Polish Tales
6
The boy wheeled a table between them, and there was a savoury smell of hot food.
The Cow Puncher
7
A savoury smell of cooking was wafted out to him, and roused him to greater anger.
Dick and Brownie
8
There was a savoury smell of beefsteak in the room and Philip's eyes turned to the range.
Of Human Bondage
9
The pot was on, and, to judge by the savoury smell, the preparations were already far advanced.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
10
A savoury smell spread over the air.
Of Human Bondage
11
There was no mistaking that savoury smell.
The Tale of Tommy Fox
12
They set the vessel, from which a savoury smell proceeded, upon the little Moorish table by the divan.
The Sea-Hawk
13
There was a savoury smell of soup, which we could not help inhaling while we gazed on death.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10,...
14
By the time we had changed our footgear the savoury smell of the pemmican proclaimed that breakfast was ready.
South with Scott
15
Oh, what a savoury smell!
The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
16
No sooner had it begun to give off a savoury smell than the tiny mouse-warrior appeared, very fierce and valiant.
Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India
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