flecknoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/flek/us/flek/a small mark or spot:
Blackbirds' eggs are pale blue with brown flecks on them.
I got a few flecks of paint on the window.
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- filthiness
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- guttersnipe
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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