grimy
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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
One of his recurring characters was an undertaker named Grimy James, whose frock coat came in handy when the station bought a collection of 52 old horror films from Universal.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2016
Grimy gray, sprinkled in places with lichenlike green stuff, it pictures a technological future run amok.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2011
Grimy granite walls were stripped clean, and the red-brick sidings were mended.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grimy brick tenements shifted in the corner of my eye, acquiring decorative statues and rococo stuccowork—the adornments of a European city.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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