Minton, who had brought with him his own gust of ill-scented air, settled himself in a leather and chromium chair on the other side of Gaunt's old, scarred mahogany desk. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
The cantharis comes from the caterpillars that are found on fig-trees or pear-trees or fir-trees — for on all these grubs are engendered-and also from caterpillars found on the dog-rose; and the cantharis takes eagerly to ill-scented substances, from the fact of its having been engendered in ill-scented woods. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
His ill-scented, but lucrative, works were situated a mile out of the town; and within sight of the reeking chimneys stood a large, plain house, uncomfortably like an. From Wordnik.com. [Born in Exile] Reference
Syringa and calycanthus ( 'sweet-shrub' -- faintly ill-scented!) were in blossom, and the brilliant pink godetia -- a name which may suggest nothing to the Eastern reader, but which to an old Californian like myself stands for all that is brightest and showiest in parched wayside gardens -- never made a more effective display; and all in all, though I had walked over the longer part of the same road within twenty-four hours, the day was a pure delight. From Wordnik.com. [On Foot in the Yosemite] Reference
Does yu has teh “ill-scented” trillium up dere?. From Wordnik.com. [Meow-mix - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Whose hides so heavy and ill-scented were. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine] Reference
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