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Definition of Filthier
1. filthy [adj] - See also: filthy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Filthier
Literary usage of Filthier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of by George Jacob Holyoake (1850)
"Of the one in which I was put, the floor was filthy, the bed was filthier, and
the window was filthier still, for in the window was—what I sicken at while I ..."
2. Highways and Byways in London by Emily Constance Baird Cook (1903)
"For, in some dingy and romantically-named "Rose Lane,"—or "Marigold-Avenue,"—(the
filthier the London lanes,—the more poetic their names),—baby-farms ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1874)
"We are getting filthier and filthier. The " authority " is supposed to be going
to do something, so ever}- one abstains from carrying out the little bit of ..."
4. New York in Slices: By an Experienced Carver, Being the Original Slices by George G. [Foster (1849)
"It is no wonder that the neighborhood grows filthier and filthier, and its
inhabitants more and more besotted and depraved. . One after another the men and ..."
5. In Argolis by George Horton (1902)
"And there he lived for many, many years, the kind woman bringing him bread and
water each day. As time went by he grew filthier and filthier, ..."