smutch
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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a smudge or stain.
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dirt, grime, or smut.
verb
noun
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a mark; smudge
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soot; dirt
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of smutch
1520–30; perhaps < Middle High German smutzen to smear; compare German Schmutz smut
Example Sentences
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She hadn’t done anything to me, and the smutch of the mud against her blue gown — the prettiest dress I ever saw.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
But thou hast valour, dear, too much For such as this; thou hast grave embassy, Given with thy birth; would'st thou thine honour smutch With coward failing?
From A Lover's Diary, Complete by Gilbert Parker
This love is not so hard to smutch.
From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by William Morris
“I wager you feel all cinders and smutch after such a long ride in the cars.”
From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Annie Roe Carr
I took the glass from him and, examining it with the utmost care, I detected a smutch of yellowish paint upon it, nothing more.
From The Darrow Enigma by Melvin Linwood Severy
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