British Dictionary definitions for smatch

smatch

noun

a less common word for smack 1

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Examples from the Web for smatch

Historical Examples

In the style of the lady's note to you I can easily perceive a smatch of her character.
The Works of William Cowper
William Cowper
For my own part I have always held him high, though there is a smatch about his morality which I would rather not have there.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2
George Saintsbury
She speaks the dialect of despair; her tongue has a smatch of Tartarus and the souls in bale.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb
Charles Lamb
He passes the more plausibly because all men have a smatch of his humour, and it is thought freeness which is malice.
Microcosmography
John Earle

Word Origin and History for smatch

see smack (n.1); smack (v.3).

smatch

Examples from the Web for smatch

Historical Examples

In the style of the lady's note to you I can easily perceive a smatch of her character.

For my own part I have always held him high, though there is a smatch about his morality which I would rather not have there.

She speaks the dialect of despair; her tongue has a smatch of Tartarus and the souls in bale.

He passes the more plausibly because all men have a smatch of his humour, and it is thought freeness which is malice.

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Word Origin and History for smatch