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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
smatter .
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Examples
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It involves … well, every goddamned surface in my house being artfully coated with unseen until they are felt smatters of too-sticky-to-be cleaned-with-a-wipe things.
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This smatters of the parallel in a domestic abuse situation, wherein the victim cannot bring her/himself to leave, hoping against hope for a miracle.
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It involves...well, every goddamned surface in my house being artfully coated with unseen until they are felt smatters of too-sticky-to-be cleaned-with-a-wipe things.
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There will be Indians no longer, but smatters of "white men" under a brown complexion.
The Indian of Commerce Anonymous 1901
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Williams received only smatters of appreciative applause even on her big points.
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Williams received only smatters of appreciative applause even on her big points.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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When Coltrane moves in for his break, rather than Davis 'spare method, he smatters notes quickly all though the melodic body of the tune and Garland has to compensate harmonically, moving the mode and tempo up a notch until his own solo can bring it back down again.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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"Instead, he'd heard smatters of barbaric tongues, so many and spoken so fast he felt dizzy.
Wagers of Sin Asprin, Robert 1996
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Burt's Gut Rot "plays on these themes once more and smatters on some funny pop culture references.
Late Mag Ricardo 2010
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