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- adjective Moderately
dirty ; somewhatdirty .
Etymologies
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Examples
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England, of a dirtyish white colour, a very ugly-shaped head and bill, and large bluish rings round the eyes; the beak is huge and curved.
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Geneva -- dirtyish; for there was a transparent difference in the Denewdney style of dress, and did I choose it I could sit and rule those two factions as despotically as Buonaparte his Frenchmen.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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Jorian compared them to the Rhone and the -- I forget the name of the river below Geneva -- dirtyish; for there was a transparent difference in the
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Jorian compared them to the Rhone and the -- I forget the name of the river below Geneva -- dirtyish; for there was a transparent difference in the Denewdney style of dress, and did I choose it I could sit and rule those two factions as despotically as Buonaparte his Frenchmen.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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This bear, which was the only one we saw during our stay in Winter Harbour, was observed to be more purely white than any we had before seen, the colour of these animals being generally that of a dirtyish yellow when contrasted with the whiteness of the ice and snow.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 William Edward Parry 1822
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She knew Mrs. Susanna Bradbury loved neatness; she therefore arrayed herself in clean and fine white muslin: she had very indifferent hair, of a dull and dirtyish light brown colour.
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(Too late for woollen caps, but I don't care; I'm feelin 'flirtyish) (A date, with fuller baps; oh, what a pair: appealin'; pertyish) (A mate I'll * pull, perhaps; I'll have her bare an 'squealin'; pert an 'dirtyish)
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(Too late for woollen caps, but I don't care; I'm feelin 'flirtyish) (A date, with fuller baps; oh, what a pair: appealin'; pertyish) (A mate I'll * pull, perhaps; I'll have her bare an 'squealin'; pert an 'dirtyish)
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