smolev.
/sməʊl/ Jocular variant of smile v. or smiled (past tense of smile v.). Now rare or Obsolete.
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1858 J. C. Thomson Almæ Matres i. 5 Tick, Esquire, rose at our entrance, smole blandly, and mumbled something to the effect that he was glad..to make our acquaintance.
1894 ‘M. Twain’ in St. Nicholas Mar. 400/2 Then he smole a smile that spread around and covered the whole Sahara.
1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 227/1 Smole.., a grotesque variation of smile.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 789/1 (He) smoled a smile (or smole).
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