Also 7 smootherer. [f. SMOTHER v. + -ER1.] One who or that which smothers.

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1648.  Hexham, II. Een Smoorder, a Smootherer, or a Sweater out.

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1687.  in Miége, Gt. Fr. Dict., II.

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1897.  Columbus Dispatch, 20 Nov., 4/1. There is but one course … and that is to call upon the smotherers of the protest and petition for an explanation.

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