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  • Squat and lean at the same time, asymmetrically limbed, string-muscled as if with lengths of cordage, dirt-caked from infancy save for casual showers, she was as unbeautiful a prototype of woman as he, with a scientist's eye, had ever gazed upon.

    THE RED ONE 2010

  • She is hideously ugly, apish, dirt-caked, a pig's tail thrust in her ear lobe hole, still dripping blood.

    “It was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.” 2008

  • The sons and daughters of traditional farmers had no interest in staying on in the family business if it meant nitrates in the water, pesticides in their lungs, and cancer for their kids—not to mention dirt-caked hands and unpredictable income.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • The sons and daughters of traditional farmers had no interest in staying on in the family business if it meant nitrates in the water, pesticides in their lungs, and cancer for their kids—not to mention dirt-caked hands and unpredictable income.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • Nearby, a couple of men in open-collared shirts and dirt-caked pants loaded up an open wagon with huge sacks of grain.

    The Book Of Spells Kate Brian 2010

  • She took it in her dirt-caked hands and knew from its scent that it was truly his.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • There were dirt-caked, ragged-ass young guys sitting on sidewalks with dogs and tin cups.

    Dry Rot 2010

  • Nearby, a couple of men in open-collared shirts and dirt-caked pants loaded up an open wagon with huge sacks of grain.

    The Book Of Spells Kate Brian 2010

  • Through a dirt-caked window she could see shapes moving within.

    Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010

  • Nearby, a couple of men in open-collared shirts and dirt-caked pants loaded up an open wagon with huge sacks of grain.

    The Book Of Spells Kate Brian 2010

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