His derby is caved in, his black cutaway all smooched with lime or something, and one eye is tinted up lovely.
"Torchy, Private Sec."
Sewell Ford
In his disguise, with his face smooched with some of the color he had received as a present from Mr. Gilfleur, the French detective, with whom he had been associated on his cruise some months before, he did not appear at all different from most of those who listened to Captain Sullendine.
"A Victorious Union SERIES: The Blue and the Gray--Afloat"
Oliver Optic
And whenever a smooched and tattered months-old newspaper would drift in from civilization, with what eager and expectant thrills did I tremulously turn to the baseball page that I might perchance read thereon how you had stung the Hornets, bitten the Wolves, clipped the claws of the Panthers, or plucked the feathers from the White Wings!
"Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager"
Burt L. Standish