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smutchy

smutchy adjective: covered in smutches.

Adjective

smutchy (comparative more smutchy, superlative most smutchy)

  1. Covered in smutches.
    • I know a home, where the marks of four little smutchy fingers may be seen any day on the white paint of a door, and they are treasured above the costliest ornaments in that house.1901, The Alkaloidal Clinic, volume 8, page 1024

Forms of smutchy

comparativemore smutchy
superlativemost smutchy

Origin of smutchy

From smutch + -y.

Questions about smutchy

What does smutchy mean?
Smutchy means covered in smutches.
What part of speech is smutchy?
Smutchy is an adjective.

Words near smutchy in the dictionary

  1. smutch
  2. smutched
  3. smutches
  4. smutchin
  5. smutching
  6. smutchy
  7. smutfest
  8. smutfests
  9. smutfic
  10. smutfics
  11. smutgrass

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