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smutchy, a.|ˈsmʌtʃɪ|
Also 6 smutchie.
[f. smutch n.]
Smudgy, smeary, dirty.
1579Twyne Phis. agst. Fortune i. xlii. 60 The woorkemanshyp of a smutchie and filthie woorkeman. 1628Shirley Witty Fair One iv. iv, You are in hope to filch a point from my breeches, Which..you will wear About your smutchy wrist for a bracelet. 1867Lowell Lett. (1894) I. iv. 423, I have no fear that these smutchy backdoors of hell shall prevail against her. 1883Nation (N.Y.) 20 Dec. 517/1 The illustrations..have that heavy and smutchy effect in the closely shaded parts which is a constant defect in mechanical engraving. |