The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brimstony
Brimstony \Brim"sto`ny\, a.
Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
--B. Jonson.
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brimstony
a. Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
Usage examples of "brimstony".
Hackworth swung his top hat into place and stepped out of the Flea Circus, blinking at the reek of China: smoky like the dregs of a hundred million pots of lapsang souchong, mingled with the sweet earthy smell of pork fat and the brimstony tang of plucked chickens and hot garlic.
Hackworth swung his top hat into place and stepped out of the Flea Circus, blinking at the reek of China: smoky like the dregs of a hundred million pots of lapsang souchong, mingled with the sweet earthy smell of pork fat and the brimstony tang of plucked chickens and hot garlic.