a-reekadv.

/əˈriːk/Etymology: a prep.1 + reek n.1
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of sweat > [adverb]
1726 J. Swift To Earl Peterborow in (1735) II. 353 A Messenger comes all a-reek, Mordanto at Madrid to seek.
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