dirty work
41Do their dirty work — Someone who does someone s dirty work, carries out the unpleasant jobs that the first person doesn t want to do. Someone who seems to enjoy doing this is sometimes known as a henchman …
42dirty work at the cross-roads — Unspecified misdoing …
43dirty — dirt‧y [ˈdɜːti ǁ ˈdɜːr ] adjective unfair or dishonest: • a dirty political campaign • revelations about dirty dealing in the Treasury bond market • He accused the government of dirty tricks against the Republicans. * * * dirty UK US /ˈdɜːti/… …
44dirty — adj Dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, squalid mean conspicuously unclean or impure. Dirty is the general term for what is sullied or defiled with dirt of any kind {dirty hands} {dirty linen} {dirty streets} {he was dirty and bloodstained and his… …
45Dirty — Dirt y, a. [Compar. {Dirtier}; superl. {Dirtiest}.] 1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Sullied; clouded; applied to color. Locke …
46dirty — c.1500, from DIRT (Cf. dirt) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Earlier dritty (late 14c.). Meaning smutty, morally unclean is from 1590s. Of colors, from 1690s. As a verb, from 1590s. Dirty linen personal or familial secrets is first recorded 1860s. Dirty work in …
47dirty — dirt|y1 W3S2 [ˈdə:ti US ˈdə:r ] adj comparative dirtier superlative dirtiest ↑clean, ↑dirty ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not clean)¦ 2¦(sex)¦ 3¦(bad/immoral)¦ 4 something is a dirty word 5 give somebody a dirty look 6 dirty trick …
48dirty — I. adjective (dirtier; est) Date: 14th century 1. a. not clean or pure < dirty clothes > b. likely to befoul or defile with dirt < dirty jobs > c. contaminated with infecting organisms < dirty wounds …
49dirty — [[t]dɜ͟ː(r)ti[/t]] ♦♦♦ dirtier, dirtiest, dirties, dirtying, dirtied 1) ADJ GRADED If something is dirty, it is marked or covered with stains, spots, or mud, and needs to be cleaned. She still did not like the woman who had dirty fingernails...… …
50dirty — 1 adjective dirtier, dirtiest 1 NOT CLEAN covered in dirt or marked with dirt: Just stack the dirty dishes in the sink. | Look how dirty your hands are! Go wash them right now! 2 IMMORAL connected with sex in a way that is considered immoral or… …
