Thesaurus / nitty-gritty
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Its quality is determined by the greater or less proportion of silicious or gritty matter with which its fibres are associated.
ASBESTOSROBERT H. JONESGasping for breath and crunching for foothold the sidewalk people breasted the gritty cold.
MOLLY MAKE-BELIEVEELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTTLet us sit down here facing it by these broken stones, where we can be a little sheltered from the chilly wind and gritty sand.
ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLDG. E. MITTONPut ammonia or borax in the water used, or else rub the glass with whiting, or a scouring soap which is not gritty.
THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY: HOUSEKEEPINGELIZABETH HALE GILMANOver the lamentable procession hung a fog of gritty chalk particles that had been winnowed up by the plodding feet.
THE GLORY OF THE COMINGIRVIN S. COBBI lay in a bunk that felt gritty and greasy to the touch, and my hair was matted behind by a clot of blood.
RICHARD CARVEL, COMPLETEWINSTON CHURCHILLI like a gritty man, (not a dirty one), but one that pitches in like a frog oph from a saw log, no matter how deep the water iz.
JOSH BILLINGS, HIZ SAYINGSHENRY WHEELER SHAWHe lay, firmly bound, on the gritty rock floor of a low-ceiled cave about twelve feet square.
THE GREAT DOME ON MERCURYARTHUR LEO ZAGATHe had been dependent on the gritty and flaccid hospitalities of refreshment-rooms, on the sandwich and the bun.
THE MARK OF CAINANDREW LANGThat's what makes even the finest mud seem gritty when it dries on your feet.
THE ADVENTURES OF A GRAIN OF DUSTHALLAM HAWKSWORTHWORDS RELATED TO NITTY-GRITTY
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- good
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