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smell test
Definition
(Noun) An informal/instinctive response as to whether or not a particular situation is right-or-wrong, legal-or-illegal, ethical-or-unethical, etc.Usage: President Nixon's White House one-on-one chats with Chief Justice Burger, which "just happened" to involve cases currently before the Court, failed the smell test.
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