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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
smarm /smɑːm/ informal

▶verb

1 chiefly Brit. behave in an ingratiating way.

2 smooth down (one's hair), especially with oil or gel.

▶noun ingratiating behaviour.

– origin C19 (orig. dial. in the sense ‘smear, bedaub’): of unknown origin.

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