smut

noun [C or U] (DIRT)

/smʌt/

Definition

› dirt or ash (= powder left when something has burned) that makes a mark on somethingProducts of fire

(Definition of smut noun (DIRT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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