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dirty

Definition for dirty

adjective as in obscene, pornographic

adjective as in dishonest

verb as in cause to be soiled

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The dirtiest laundry isn’t aired, and even at nine hours, it clips along so swiftly that the hardest times feel softened.

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Which means I am simultaneously very proud of showing off my lawn, but I also can’t bear watching you grind your dirty claws into my precious fescue.

In Arizona, the overhaul started about a decade ago with the closing of underperforming, 6,000-square-foot locations that fit many people’s preconceptions of thrift as “that dark, dirty store on the corner,” O’Neal said.

Customers didn’t bother to clean cars that they knew would get dirty again.

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Siblings who had no problem splitting up houses and investment accounts can get down and dirty about photo albums.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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