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

Through the smoke and smutch which stained the canvas was seen a gray-haired, saintly woman's head.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various

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

You do not ken me for the thing I am: If you but guessed, you’d fling the door wide open, And draw your petticoats about you tight, Lest any draggletail of mine should smutch them.

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

Wash 'em, an' clean your nails with this pin, an' tie that apern back—loose if you want—but wear it you must, or I won't be responsible for no smutch you get on you.

From The Brass Bound Box by Horne, Diantha W.