smutchyadj.
/ˈsmʌtʃi/ Smudgy, smeary, dirty.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared
smearya1529
smutchy1579
smeared1584
slubbered1588
besmeared1592
smudged1624
smudgy1859
beslubbered1863
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xlii. 60 The woorkemanshyp of a smutchie and filthie woorkeman.
1628 J. Shirley Wittie Faire 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.
1867 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. iv. 423 I have no fear that these smutchy backdoors of hell shall prevail against her.
1883 Nation (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.
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