smudgey

English

Adjective

smudgey

1. Alternative form of smudgy.
   • 1873 September, John Baker Hopkins, “Making the Worst of it”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume XI, London: Grant & Co., […], chapter XXIV (Mrs. Laura Marshall), page 353:

     [T]he only resident servant was a sixteen-year-old runner of small errands. A girl always down at the heels, with a smudgey face, rough hair, flyaway cap, and dirty apron.

   • 1956 summer, “Criticism Is What You Make of It”, in Rewrite: The Magazine of Effective Writing, volume XVI, number 2, Lunenburg, Mass.: Writers’ Counsel Service, page 10, column 2:

     Incidentally, most of the carbons we see are mighty poor copies of an original that may well be a cause of editorial eye strain. Often they are smudgey, or so pale and faded they cannot be read at night.

   • 1989, Mary Kirchoff, chapter 7, in Kendermore (Dragonlance: Preludes; 2), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 91:

     The silly grin on his smudgey face revealed that he had a big, dark hole in his mouth where one front tooth should have been.