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Definition of Dirty pool
1. Noun. Conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike.
Definition of Dirty pool
1. Noun. (slang) Foul play, misconduct. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirty Pool
Literary usage of Dirty pool
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Fuddle (l), a small dirty pool. (E.) ME podel. Dimin., with E. suffix -el, of AS
pudd, a ditch, a furrow (Toller). puddle (2), to make thick or muddy. ..."
2. Reconnoitring in Abyssinia: A Narrative of the Proceedings of the by Henry St. Clair Wilkins (1870)
"... —dirty pool—Ravine by Moonlight—Misled by a Guide—An Unpleasant Bivouac—Where
are the Mules ? ..."
3. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1898)
"It is a muddy, dirty pool of about eighteen feet in diameter and is nearly circular
in form. There is no outlet above ground, ..."
4. Publications by Pali Text Society (London, England) (1885)
"... a dirty pool at the entrance of a village, ' the latter 'a dirty pool near a
village. ..."
5. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1908)
"It is a muddy, dirty pool of about eighteen feet in diameter and is nearly circular
in form. There is no outlet above ground, no stream flowing from it, ..."
6. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1874)
"Stephen Douglas reproached the clergy with quitting clean ground to draggle their
skirts in " the dirty pool of politics." Well hit ! cried the multitude ..."
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