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GRUBBY
begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; “a miner’s begrimed face”; “dingy linen”; “grimy hands”; “grubby little fingers”; “a grungy kitchen”
grubby
(adjective) infested with grubs
grubby, Myxocephalus aenaeus
(noun) small sculpin of the coast of New England
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
grubby (comparative grubbier, superlative grubbiest)
Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
Having grubs in it.
Noun
grubby (plural grubbies)
(US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Source: Wiktionary
Grub"by, a. Etym: [From Grub.]
Definition: Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.] The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.
Grub"by, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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