smug up v.1
to smarten (oneself) up.
Heir II i: See how th’ old ape smugs up his mouldy chaps / To seize the bit? | ||
Spanish Gypsy IV i: Smug up your beetle-brows, none look grimly. | ||
She Would if She Cou’d III ii: For he that would have a Wench kind, / Ne’re smugs up himself like a Ninny. | ||
Candidate 1: When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugg’d up his face With a lick of court white-wash, and pious grimace, A wooing he went. |