whiff-sniffer

whiff-sniffer
AND wiff-sniffer n. a prohibitionist; someone always alert for the smell of alcohol on someone’s breath. (Prohibition.)
Martin is something of a whiff-sniffer.
No wiff-sniffer is going to tell me what to do.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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