smutch
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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
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 George MacDonald
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 E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson) Morshead
"You can't smutch the character of Daviess," said Wood.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable
“I wager you feel all cinders and smutch after such a long ride in the cars.”
From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Annie Roe Carr
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