filthy word

Example Sentences

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“Well, a dirty hand isn’t as bad as a filthy word; besides, I’m rooting in the dirt with my hands all summer, anyway,” said the young man, as he marked out Tom’s handiwork.

From Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

He said the word, Venusian, as though it were a curse or a filthy word.

From George Loves Gistla by McKimmey, James

Now you want them to fasten that filthy word 'complacent' on me.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert