splotchy

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  1. Marked with splotches or daubs. There were splotchy engravings scattered here and there through the pages of Monsieur Féval's romance. M. E. Braddon, Eleanor's Victory, v.

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  • Lizzie's face became splotchy, then purple, and his tongue stuck small and pink and straight through his teeth Robert Lorrey said nervously, "It is Doc Savage's policy never to take a human life Sure," Renny said. —  022 - The Annihilist
  • Her skin tone was uneven and splotchy, her blue-green eyes had dark bags beneath them, and a sharp line on the inside of her right eyebrow seemed to have been burned in by her semipermanent scowl. —  In a Strange City
  • But I don't particularly want splotchy multi-coloured skin either. —  Desicritics
  • Lost Furrest Kani splotchy female, white and black —  Fashion World of SL
  • I am not sure why it looks splotchy or why the stain is taking to the wood much darker than I thought it would be. —  BlogHer
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