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

This love is not so hard to smutch.

From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by Morris, William

Snuff them as you see there is need; but touch not their snuff with your white fingers; a little smutch on YOU will be seen a great way.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

In his address to the courteous reader he expresses his apprehensions that “some will smutch his labours with a scorne of his profession.”

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

The sheets were gritty to the touch, and left a smutch upon the fingers.

From The Web of Life by Herrick, Robert