He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
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Tarnished
//ˈtɑɹnɪʃt//
Synonyms for "tarnished" (29 found)
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Sami tarnished Layla's reputation.
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He had picked from a drawer a little tarnished cylinder, and, undoing the tape, he handed me a short note scrawled upon a half-sheet of slate-grey paper.
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Those photos—which experts say could have been created as early as 1850—were tarnished so badly they were unrecognizable.
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