# Thrift store smell

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thrift-store-smell/281308>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 23, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thrift-store-smell/281308 "2004-12-23T08:24:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thrift-store-smell/281308/21 "2004-12-28T16:44:06Z")

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Like a thousand Grandmas?

I think it’s really a combination of mildew, dank and mothballs.

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