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blot on the escutcheon

blot on the escutcheon noun: something damaging to one's reputation.

Noun

blot on the escutcheon (plural blots on the escutcheon or blots on escutcheons)

  1. (idiomatic) Something damaging to one's reputation.
    • The most zealous advocates of the unfortunate monarch cannot deny that this is an indelible blot on his escutcheon.1819, Mathew Carey, chapter 6, in Vindiciæ Hibernicæ: or, Ireland Vindicated, Philadelphia: self-published, page 164
    • He had been commissioned by Chapman & Hall to write another Christmas book—The Kickleburys on the Rhine—had received an advance payment, and with it had removed the last blot from his stepfather’s escutcheon by paying off the last instalment of his debt.1971, G. U. Ellis, chapter 6, in Thackeray, New York: Haskell House, page 95

Forms of blot on the escutcheon

pluralblots on the escutcheon
pluralblots on escutcheons
alternative formblotch on the escutcheon

Questions about blot on the escutcheon

What does blot on the escutcheon mean?
Blot on the escutcheon means something damaging to one's reputation.
What part of speech is blot on the escutcheon?
Blot on the escutcheon is a noun.
What is the plural of blot on the escutcheon?
The plural of blot on the escutcheon is blots on the escutcheon.

Words near blot on the escutcheon in the dictionary

  1. blossoms out
  2. blossomtime
  3. blossomworm
  4. blossomy
  5. blot
  6. blot on the escutcheon
  7. blot one's copy book
  8. blot one's copybook
  9. blot out
  10. blot test
  11. blot tests

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