smutch
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
"See what you're doing, Steve!" he cried, pointing at the oily smutch.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Elverson, James
As an ill coin beneath the wearing touch Betrays by stain and smutch Its metal false—such is the sinful wight.
From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
Rather, it may be, over-much He shunned the common stain and smutch, From soilure of ignoble touch Too grandly free, Too loftily secure in such Cold purity.
From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William
"You can't smutch the character of Daviess," said Wood.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
