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
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Some are worthless little patches, Which indeed if they don't smutch you, 'Tis they're dead before they touch you!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
The sheets were gritty to the touch, and left a smutch upon the fingers.
From The Web of Life by Herrick, Robert
They were alert, well-muscled; their faces were streaked with paleness and a black smutch like dancers made up for a masquerade.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry
Then after attempting to sanctify the baby—a ceremony wholly imaginary and described with a smutch of revolting coarseness—the sisters send the baby packing back to the Protestant Detectoral Association.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper