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smudger

smudger noun: one who, or that which, smudges.

Noun

smudger (plural smudgers)

  1. One who, or that which, smudges.
    • Servile smudgers of history, prattling about an Emil Ludwig and a Thomas Mann season — meaning the Weimar period — as if it had produced me and as if I had used the Republic for a background!1964, William Wasserstrom, Civil Liberties and the Arts: Selections from Twice a Year, 1938-48, page 230
    • The tools can get rather exotic - spinners, rubber stamps, airbrush, smudgers, and so on.2002, David Bergsland, Introduction to Digital Publishing, page 147
  2. (UK, dated, slang) A photographer.
    • Smudger An old term for a photographer, one that alludes to dodgy developing.2004, Ray Puxley, Britslang: An Uncensored A-Z of the People's Language, Including Rhyming Slang, Robson, published 2004, page 456

Proper noun capitalized: Smudger

Smudger

  1. (Australia, UK) A nickname of the surname Smith.

Forms of smudger

pluralsmudgers

Origin of smudger

From smudge + -er.

As smiths are often covered in smudges of soot.

Questions about smudger

What does smudger mean?
Smudger means one who, or that which, smudges.
What part of speech is smudger?
Smudger can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of smudger?
The plural of smudger is smudgers.

Words near smudger in the dictionary

  1. smudge pots
  2. smudgeable
  3. smudged
  4. smudgedly
  5. smudgeproof
  6. smudger
  7. smudgers
  8. smudges
  9. smudgey
  10. smudgier
  11. smudgiest

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