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  • I looked at the photo of a skinny, grimy-faced kid, shorts rolled up, socks falling down around his bony ankles.

    WWII soldiers remembrance 2009

  • I looked at the photo of a skinny, grimy-faced kid, shorts rolled up, socks falling down around his bony ankles.

    WWII soldiers remembrance 2009

  • One of the grimy-faced women was bending over the Writer, her faded blouse pulled open and her meager breasts hanging free.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • One of the grimy-faced women was bending over the Writer, her faded blouse pulled open and her meager breasts hanging free.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • My grimy-faced artisan rose ruefully from the floor.

    When the World Screamed Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1968

  • My grimy-faced artisan rose ruefully from the floor.

    When The World Screamed Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1968

  • The electric numerals of the carriage call soon brought the grimy-faced chauffeur.

    The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

  • They had got several cars fastened together, ready for such an emergency, and now these were quickly filled with grimy-faced, frightened men and boys.

    Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines Kirk Monroe

  • It sprawled in the lap of the prairies, a grimy-faced urchin, with the lines of dismal sophistication writ deep.

    Judith of the Plains Marie Manning

  • Here in one part live the grimy-faced workers, their sagging, shapeless women and their litters of children.

    Erik Dorn Ben Hecht 1929

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