Meaning & use
Shmutz
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Dirt, grime, or a small amount of mess or filth.
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Wipe that shmutz off your chin before we take the photo.
There's some shmutz on the counter that needs cleaning up.
A note on using this word
A variant spelling of 'schmutz,' borrowed from Yiddish 'shmuts,' and widely used in informal American English, especially around New York.
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grimefilth
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