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smur

British  
/ smʌr /

noun

  1. a variant of smir

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The bit storm will tak’ itsel’ off in a heavy mist and a thick smur, nae doubt o’ it.”

From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

He was shifting his cramped attitude a little—a very little—for about the twentieth time, when a smur of colour showed on the mirror, and the next instant passed into a dark shadow.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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