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smudges

The correct spelling is smudges.

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noun

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The correct spelling is smudges. A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one. For example: "There was a smudge on the paper."

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There was a smudge on the paper.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
  2. 2.Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
  3. 3.A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
  4. 4.(especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.

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