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Definition: SMOUCH |
SMOUCHNoun1. A dark soil or stain; a smutch. Transitive verb1. To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face. 2. To kiss closely. |
Date "SMOUCH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | SMOUCH. Dried leaves of the ash tree, used by the smugglers for adulterating the black or bohea teas. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-m-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: chums, hocus, mouch, schmo. | |
-2 letters: chum, cosh, hums, mhos, mocs, mosh, much, mush, ohms, ouch, scum, shmo, such, sumo. | |
-3 letters: cos, cum, hum, mho, moc, mos, mus, ohm, ohs, oms, som, sou, sum. | |
-4 letters: hm, ho, mo, mu, oh, om, os, sh, so, uh, um, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-m-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: chymous, mouches. | |
+2 letters: chromous, hummocks, insomuch, mistouch, scholium. | |
+3 letters: chromiums, crumhorns, mouchoirs, moustache, muchachos, mustachio, outcharms, outscheme, scholiums. | |
+4 letters: colchicums, homunculus, humoristic, ichneumons, lunchrooms, mistouched, mistouches, moustaches, moustachio, mummichogs, mustachios, outmarches, outmatches, outschemed, outschemes, overmuches, scaramouch, supermacho, touchmarks, urochromes. | |
+5 letters: avouchments, champertous, chucklesome, customhouse, dichogamous, dichotomous, embouchures, hippocampus, mischievous, mistouching, monochasium, moustachios, mouthpieces, mustachioed, muttonchops, mycophagous, outscheming, scaramouche, supermachos. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4D 4F 55 43 48 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -- --- ..- -.-. .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001101 01001111 01010101 01000011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S M O U C H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004D 004F 0055 0043 0048 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)534749553742 |
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