Pomanders

Haughty gentry used to carry around perfumed and spiced fruits called pomanders as a way of warding off nasty street odors. ❋ Adam Leith Gollner (2008)

In the time of Shakespeare, it was the fashion to carry "pomanders," these being oranges from which all the pulp had been scooped out, whilst a circular hole was made at the top. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

There are lengths of silks and brocades, spools and spools of silver and gold thread, and boxes of jeweled pomanders and necklets, bracelets and rings. ❋ Karen Hawkins (2010)

The pocketful of posies carried by judges to ward off Newgate (prison) Fever, the children's songs that commemorate it to this day and the pomanders, spices and air 'fresheners' (ludicrous misnomer) that we still favour all attest to this association with smell, disease and death. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Add it to the stuffing of pillows or hang it in pomanders in your closet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A big bowl full of shiny apples on a kitchen table is really beautiful and at Christmas time I make pomanders and put them on a big wooden platter. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The current owners are a lovely family with a deep appreciation of the house's heritage of faith and it is used by schools as a centre for studying history: children come and stay, explore the house and are taught about its message and significance, wear Tudor costumes and make pomanders, and think about what it might have been like to be a hunted priest, etc. ❋ Joanna Bogle (2007)

Swaggering in their plush costumes, their hands compressed inside white gloves, their nostrils bristling at fragrant pomanders, they swarmed around the young king, swapping news of finds, buying and selling for their own collections, and complimenting the king on his impeccable taste. ❋ Joanna Pitman (2006)

The Tairens smiled and sniffed scented handkerchiefs and pomanders that filled the pavilion with their heavy aromas. ❋ Jordan, Robert, 1948- (1994)

The Cairhienin simply pretended they were not there, but the Tairens made a point of sneering and sniffing ostentatiously at their pomanders and scented handkerchiefs. ❋ Jordan, Robert, 1948- (1994)

Chapter III The Katara Bazaar was a kaleidoscope of colors and a cacophony of voices, a large, flagstone-paved square near the Desert where sleek lordlings, perfumed pomanders at their nostrils, rubbed shoulders with unwashed apprentices who apologized with mocking grins when they jostled the well-born. ❋ Jordan, Robert (1986)