Molly Ivins

If you grew up white before the civil rights movement anywhere in the South, all grown-ups lied. They'd tell you stuff like, 'Don't drink out of the colored fountain, dear, it's dirty.' In the white part of town, the white fountain was always covered with chewing gum and the marks of grubby kids' paws, and the colored fountain was always clean.

American Journalist

Daniel Lyons

The world of online marketing, where HubSpot operates, though, has a reputation for being kind of grubby. Our customers include people who make a living bombarding people with email offers or gaming Google's search algorithm or figuring out which kind of misleading subject line is most likely to trick someone into opening a message.

American Writer

Amanda Donohoe

I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.

English Actress

Ben Nicholas

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

Australian Actor

Julie Burchill

Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.

British Journalist

Alexandra Stoddard

I want to listen to Beethoven and Mozart. I want to read the best minds. I want to live with uplifting art. I don't want to live a grubby life.

Author

India Eisley

I always enjoy fight scenes and being grubby and bloody and not having to look good. I prefer that very much, as odd as that sounds.

American Actress

Murray Rothbard

The major reason for Keynes's rejection of communism was simply that he could scarcely identify with the grubby proletariat.

American Economist

Robert Rinder

There's something fundamentally grubby about the rich paying people to seek out cracks in the system to hide their money.

English Judge

Tony Ferguson

I always said the 155-pound belt's been in so many grubby hands, man.

American Athlete

Typically describes something visibly soiled, like hands or clothes after physical activity.

Physical Dirtiness

Can be used metaphorically to express something is 'dirty' or 'unclean' in a non-physical way.

Not Literal

Indicates items that look old or used, often from prolonged use, beyond just being dirty.

Sign of Wear

Suggests neglect or lack of proper care of objects or places.

Lack of Maintenance

Conveys a negative moral judgment, implying dishonesty or impropriety.

Moral Implication

May provoke a sense of moral disgust or disapproval when used in certain contexts.

Emotionally Charged

 But by forcing the radicals to actually help govern, it quickly exposed the fact that they weren't any good at the job, and it got them mixed up in all of the grubby compromises and petty humiliations that are part of everyday politics. And that hurt their image so badly that they've never recovered.

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 summer fittin my personality like a glove they're hardworking they love the outdoors they love the camaraderie of being with others and they have a taste for adventure they don't mind being dirty and grubby and smoky and going for days and days without a shower they have

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