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smudger¹

Where it comes from

From smudge + -er.

noun smudgers

  1. One who, or that which, smudges. Servile smudgers of history, prattling about an Emil Ludwig and a Thomas Mann season — meaning the Weimar period — as if it had produced me and as if I had used the Republic for a background!
  2. UK, dated, slang A photographer. Smudger An old term for a photographer, one that alludes to dodgy developing.

Smudger²

Where it comes from

As smiths are often covered in smudges of soot.

proper noun

  1. Australia, UK A nickname of the surname Smith.

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"smudger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/smudger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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smudger. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/smudger

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"smudger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/smudger.

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@misc{smudger_2026,
  title = {smudger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smudger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}