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grimy

[grahy-mee] / ˈgraɪ mi /


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Grimy barracks and muggy Florida weather were replaced by clear skies and new facilities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024

Mayoral Candidates Recall the Days of Tiny, Grimy and Cheap One apartment did not have space for a bed.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2013

Tom Cipullo marshals the four singers for a blunt comic piece about the depredations of one route in “G Is for Grimy: An Ode to the G Train.”

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2012

Grimy workers coming off duty shook hands with their King.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Everyone! Especially folksingers and third-grade teachers. Grimy undergraduates and grammar school children are always chanting it like sorcerers.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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