dirtiness
Noun
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Noun
dirtiness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being dirty.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, Chapter XI, section IV, p. 150,
- Paul was distressingly clean, but Babbitt reveled in a good sound dirtiness, in not having to shave till his spirit was moved to it.
- 1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, 1987, Chapter 6,
- So they walked till they came to Claremont and Kumalo was shocked by its shabbiness and dirtiness, and the closeness of the houses, and the filth in the streets.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, Chapter XI, section IV, p. 150,
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