British slang for a photographer, particularly an informal or street photographer — the kind who snaps candid shots rather than posing people under studio lights.
British slang for a photographer, particularly an informal or street photographer — the kind who snaps candid shots rather than posing people under studio lights. The term was especially common among soldiers and working-class communities in the mid-20th century. It also carries the literal meaning of someone who smudges or blurs things, but the photographer sense is the one with cultural staying power in British slang.
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The smudger from the local paper was already there when the match finished, camera in hand.
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One who, or that which, smudges.
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(dated, slang, British) A photographer.
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