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"dirty money"adjectiveobtained illegally or by improper means
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"foul (or dirty) copy"adjective(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
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"a dirty fighter"adjectiveviolating accepted standards or rules
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"dirty police officers"adjectiveunethical or dishonest
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"the air near the foundry was always dirty" "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"adjectivespreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
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"a dirty (or lousy) trick"adjectivevile; despicable
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"dirty wounds"adjectivecontaminated with infecting organisms
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"dirty unswept sidewalks" "a child in dirty overalls" "dirty slums" "piles of dirty dishes" "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet" "mining is a dirty job" "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"adjectivesoiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
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soiled unclean unwashed augean bedraggled befouled begrimed black buggy cobwebby dingy dirty-faced draggled feculent filthy flyblown foul fouled greasy grimy grubby grungy lousy maculate mucky muddy nasty oily ratty raunchy scummy smudgy sordid squalid travel-soiled travel-stained uncleanly unswept smutty snot-nosed snotty sootyOpposite: -
"a dirty (or dingy) white" "dirty-green walls" "dirty-blonde hair"adjective(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
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"dirty looks"adjectiveexpressing or revealing hostility or dislike
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"dirty words" "a dirty old man" "dirty books and movies" "boys telling dirty jokes" "has a dirty mouth"adjective(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
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"there's dirty weather in the offing"adjectiveunpleasantly stormy
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