smur
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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