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/dˈərti lˈɪnən/ Listen

Dirty linen

noun

Personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public. Synonym: dirty laundry.

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"Dirty linen" Quotes from Famous Books

... keep you, eh?" he growled. "Well, perhaps not. I suppose you've got enough on me to secure a divorce, but I can air some of your dirty linen. Oh, don't look like that! I mean it! Didn't you spend a night with David Law?" He leered at her unpleasantly, then followed a ...

— Heart of the Sunset • Rex Beach

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... floor, which swarms with nude children. They are cheap, thievish, lazy, and filthy. No class, pure-blood or half-breed, is given to ablution, though there are two public baths in the city. Washerwomen repair to the Machangara, where they beat the dirty linen of Quito over the smooth rocks. We remember but two or three table-cloths which entirely covered the table, and only one which was clean. There are but two daily meals; one does not feel the need of more; they are partaken at nine and three, or an hour earlier than in Guayaquil. ...

— The Andes and the Amazon - Across the Continent of South America • James Orton

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