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

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 scheme adopted was, I believe, suggested by Vice-President Howard, as shrewd and cynical a rascal as ever lived in the mire without getting smutch or splash upon his fine linen of respectability.

From The Plum Tree by Ashe, E. M.

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

"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