Meaning & use
Smudger
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A person or thing that smudges, leaving a blurred or smeared mark.
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The chalkboard needed a good wipe after the careless smudger left marks everywhere.
Old typewriter ribbons were notorious smudgers on fresh paper.
A note on using this word
In older British slang, a 'smudger' also referred informally to a street or itinerant photographer, a usage now largely obsolete.
Another way to use it
2. noun
(dated, British slang) A photographer, especially one working informally on the street.
A smudger offered to take their photo on the pier for a few pence.
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