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peat reek

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noun

  1. the smoke of a peat fire

  2. whisky distilled over a peat fire

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Mrs. M'Crawney was low-spirited and homesick, yearning for Ireland, for the smell of the peat reek and the society of her neighbours.

From A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods by Marchant, Bessie

There was stale fish intil't, and bad beer intil't, and peat reek intil't, and mice intil't, and candle grease intil't, and the devil and all intil't.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

Mrs. M'Crawney was an Irishwoman who was always sighing for the mild, moist climate and the peat reek of her childhood's home.

From A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods by Marchant, Bessie

Still, Greatorix Castle was a notable place, high set on its hill, shires and towns beneath, the blue breath of peat reek blowing athwart the plain beneath and rising like an incense about.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

No bein' fit to write in Greek, I write in Lallan, Dear to my heart as the peat reek, Auld as Tantallon.

From Underwoods by Stevenson, Robert Louis