smitch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of smitch
First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain
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British, Canadian and Swedish Governments, were only a smitch under the old high rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
Astonished by the smitch of dust from their own files, Prosecutor Courtney's lawyers wired Hollywood police to snatch Convict Bioff from his Hollywoodland palace on Santa Monica Boulevard, head him back toward prison.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Not a smitch of work since I come out of the woods," admitted the bewhiskered man, rising quickly from the stoop to make way for Janice.
From How Janice Day Won by Helen Beecher Long
"Lunch is gone, every smitch of it!" said Kit.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Mary Mapes Dodge
Not a smitch of white rags left on the trees, either.
From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris
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