smirch in Dutch
smirch in Dutch is vuil maken — smirch means a mark of dirt, or a stain.
smirch in Dutch
vuil maken
(transitive, archaic) To dirty; to make dirty.
What does "smirch" mean?
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noun A mark of dirt, or a stain.
"Too often, in the years between 800 and 1050, the everyday sun declined through the smirch of flame and smoke of a monastery or town robbed and burnt."
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noun Something that damages a person's good name.
"there were some business transactions which savored of dangerous speculation, if not dishonesty; and around it all lay the smirch of the Freedmen's Bank."
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smirch in a sentence
- Too often, in the years between 800 and 1050, the everyday sun declined through the smirch of flame and smoke of a monastery or town robbed and burnt.
- there were some business transactions which savored of dangerous speculation, if not dishonesty; and around it all lay the smirch of the Freedmen's Bank.
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What is "smirch" in Dutch?
"smirch" in Dutch is vuil maken. smirch means: A mark of dirt, or a stain.
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