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odour

noun B1
  1. UK standard spelling of odor. (countable, uncountable)

Plural odours

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And through the window came a wandering—perhaps a lost—odour—a delicate, sweet odour of lilac that fixed the broker for a moment immovable.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 20 · C1
For this odour belonged to Miss Leslie; it was her own, and hers only.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 20 · C1
The odour brought her vividly, almost tangibly before him.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 20 · C1
Yes, it was undoubtedly from them that the curious tarry odour was oozing.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 18 · B2

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