smitch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of smitch
First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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
British, Canadian and Swedish Governments, were only a smitch under the old high rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Not a smitch of one," declared the other girl decidedly, "an' I'm a-goin' to hold this one, and pretend I'm its mother."
From Five Little Peppers and their Friends by Margaret Sidney
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
For it was the first thing she had ever done all herself … every bit … every smitch!
From Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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