smatter

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of yellow handprints smatter the walls of Severna Park’s dugout.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

This is a fascinating bit from Law Notes, a monthly magazine edited Albert Gibson and Arthur Weldon, who wrote a smatter of papers on law in the early 20th century.

From The Verge • Apr. 1, 2016

And into 500 or so of the best American songs ever written -- ballads, laments, sophisticated melodies, impudent scatter, chatter, smatter songs.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a quick smatter of giggling by some people who figured the screaming kid was some part of the show, some funny animal maybe.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

One who knows a few subjects very well is no doubt more accomplished than one who has only a superficial "smatter" of knowledge concerning many.

From The Girl Wanted by Waterman, Nixon