smearer
(ˈsmɪərə(r))
[f. smear v. + -er1.]
One who smears.
| 1632 Sherwood, A smearer, patrouilleur. 1881 Instruct. Census Clerks (1885) 78 Fur Dyeing... Smearer. Grounder. 1884 United Presbyt. Mag. Apr. 156 He was to maintain the smearers of the sheep. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. ii. 117 Take therefore, I say, these smearers And fellow travellers, chuck 'em To wolves and tigers. 1960 Guardian 7 Oct. 9/2 A common trick is for a smearer to..tell..drinkers that a candidate is a teetotaller. |