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Dirtying   Listen
verb
Dirty  v. t.  (past & past part. dirtied; pres. part. dirtying)  
1.
To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
2.
To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; said of reputation, character, etc.


noun
dirtying  n.  The act of soiling something.
Synonyms: soiling, soilure.





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"Dirtying" Quotes from Famous Books



... violence here," said he, hurriedly, and speaking in their native language; "he will give us up all he has got without so much as dirtying a knife over him." ...
— Jack Harkaway and his son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece • Bracebridge Hemyng


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