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Meaning of smudger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, smudges.
  2. A nickname of the surname Smith.
    Australia, UK
  3. A photographer.
    British, dated, slang

Equivalents

Suomi töhrijä tuhrija
Polski paprák

Examples

“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!”
“The tools can get rather exotic - spinners, rubber stamps, airbrush, smudgers, and so on.”
“Smudger An old term for a photographer, one that alludes to dodgy developing.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Smudges Smudginess Smudging Smudgy Smug smugfest

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