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noun • a blemish made by dirt • an act that brings discredit to the person who does it verb • dry (ink) with blotting paper • make a spot or mark onto | ||||
| 35% | 4 | Word, from Old French for “clothe in white” or “whitewash” , for clay, mud or plaster applied to wattles; a smear or splodge of something sticky; or, a crude or unskilled painting | ||
noun • material used to daub walls • a blemish made by dirt • an unskillful painting verb • coat with plaster • apply to a surface • cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | ||||
| 35% | 5 | From “butter, fat, grease, ointment”, a smudge, splodge, splotch or streak of such substance; or, a slur or slanderous attack | ||
noun • slanderous defamation • a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope • a blemish made by dirt • an act that brings discredit to the person who does it verb • stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance • make a smudge on; soil by smudging • cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it • charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | ||||
A Bare Exposed Naked Man In Backgammon A Weak Spot Or An Ink Splodge Or Figurative Stain
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1 | Backgammon piece exposed to capture
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11 Nov 1981 | New York Times / 11 Nov 1981 |
2 | Exposed piece, in backgammon
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3 | Exposed weak spot of a warrior | |
4 | From “butter, fat, grease, ointment”, a smudge, splodge, splotch or streak of such substance; or, a slur or slanderous attack
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5 | Ink stain
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14 Feb 1987 | New York Times / 14 Feb 1987 |
6 | Relating to the naked or nearly naked ascetics of ancient India | |
7 | Word, from Old French for “clothe in white” or “whitewash” , for clay, mud or plaster applied to wattles; a smear or splodge of something sticky; or, a crude or unskilled painting
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