dirty : Idioms & Phrases
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dirty bomb
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noun an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination
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dirty dog
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noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
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dirty joke
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noun an indelicate joke
dirty joke; blue story; blue joke.
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dirty laundry
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noun personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
dirty laundry.
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dirty linen
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noun personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
dirty laundry.
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dirty money
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noun goods or money obtained illegally
swag; booty; prize; pillage; plunder; loot.
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dirty old man
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noun a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations
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dirty pool
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noun conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike
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dirty story
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noun an indelicate joke
dirty joke; blue story; blue joke.
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dirty trick
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noun an unkind or aggressive trick
dirty trick.
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dirty tricks
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noun underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent
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noun an unkind or aggressive trick
dirty trick.
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dirty war
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noun an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims
- thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s
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dirty word
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noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
obscenity; smut; filth; vulgarism.
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noun a word that is considered to be unmentionable
- `failure' is a dirty word to him
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dirty-faced
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adjective satellite having a dirty face
- a crowd of dirty-faced ragamuffins surrounded him
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dirty-minded
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adjective satellite having lewd thoughts