Smears
[smɪr]
Examples
- The blood-stains were very slight, mere smears and discolourations, but undoubtedly fresh. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Confound the stuff, it won't blow off--smears like black fat! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Following the drops and smears, she saw that the watery margin of the bank was bloody. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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