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Definition of Spattered
1. Adjective. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination). "Kitchen walls splattered with grease"
Definition of Spattered
1. Verb. (past of spatter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spattered
1. spatter [v] - See also: spatter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spattered
Literary usage of Spattered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"... Interest—The Advantages of the " Sinners "—Infamous Intrigues—The Baseness of
Certain Senators—Virtue spattered with Mud—A Disgrace to the Nation—Secret ..."
2. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"... bear the dreadful thought of his going into eternity with that bread and butter
sticking on his back, and a shirt bosom all spattered with blood. ..."
3. A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson (1913)
"O ye gods and little fishes! they were clumsy, and mud-spattered! If my mouth
twitched with laughter as I silently commented, the Doctor's did not! ..."
4. A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson (1913)
"O ye gods and little fishes! they were clumsy, and mud-spattered! If my mouth
twitched with laughter as I silently commented, the Doctor's did not! ..."
5. A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson (1913)
"O ye gods and little fishes! they were clumsy, and mud-spattered! If my mouth
twitched with laughter as I silently commented, the Doctor's did not! ..."
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