Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirtinesses
Literary usage of Dirtinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... and meannesses, and dirtinesses, and pettinesses, are admirably pourtrayed—to
the very life, ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"We attend to these dirtinesses in the silence of the closet. Dumas' entire play
is summed up in this sentence, which one of the characters utters at the end ..."
3. History of England Under Henry the Fourth by James Hamilton Wylie (1894)
"... in the choir at the time of Divine Service, men and boys playing and making
a noise in the church during mass, dogs and others 41 doing dirtinesses and ..."
4. Christian Missions: Their Agents, and Their Results by Thomas William M. Marshall (1864)
"... as "tyrannical fanatics," or "madly intolerant," or defiled by "monetary
dirtinesses,5' or blind with " greedy cupidity," or fornicators like Lewis and ..."
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