Meaning of blot on the escutcheon | Babel Free

Definitions

Something damaging to one's reputation.

idiomatic

Examples

“The most zealous advocates of the unfortunate monarch cannot deny that this is an indelible blot on his escutcheon.”

“He had been commissioned by Chapman & Hall to write another Christmas book—The Kickleburys on the Rhine—had received an advance payment, and with it had removed the last blot from his stepfather’s escutcheon by paying off the last instalment of his debt.”

“Consequently, where the pardon became a convenient punching bag among contending Democrats, it was no blot on Ford’s escutcheon in the primary contest between Ford and Reagan.”

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