"Yes, dearie; though she's lost all commercial value," laughed the old lady; "she's taken a second wife at last; not Mr. Was though, but a newcomer, Mr. smearer."
"Elsie's Womanhood"
Martha Finley
I noticed her face grow as red as a beet the other day when you called her Mrs. smearer.
"Elsie's Womanhood"
Martha Finley
He had been a tarrer and smearer, a marker and shearer of sheep, rather than a pastor; but now he recognized the rod and leaned on the staff of the true Shepherd Who feeds both shepherds and sheep.
"Paul Faber, Surgeon"
George MacDonald