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Smelling salts   /smˈɛlɪŋ sɔlts/   Listen
Smelling salts

noun
1.
A pungent preparation of ammonium carbonate and perfume; sniffed as a stimulant to relieve faintness.





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"Smelling salts" Quotes from Famous Books



... to bestow her belongings in his overcoat pockets; opera glasses in one, fan in another. She put a lorgnette into her little bag, along with her powder-box, handkerchief and smelling salts,—there was even a little silver box of peppermint drops, in case she might begin to cough. She drew on her long gloves, arranged a lace scarf over her hair, and at last was ready to have the evening cloak which Claude held wound about her. When she ...
— One of Ours • Willa Cather
... remembering how she said when she saw it was going to be a lovely day: 'It may be a fine enough morning, Esther, but I have a feeling that something will happen before night. I have put in an umbrella in case of rain and a pair of rubbers and a rug and you'd better take my smelling salts. I hope you won't have an accident, I'm sure, but ...
— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay


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