- For other uses of "Dirt", see Dirt (disambiguation).
Dirt-covered sidewalk in Brooklyn, NYC being swept during a community clean-up
Dirt is an unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions. In such cases, they are said to become dirty.
Quotes
- London turns dirt into gold. Rome turned gold into dirt.
- William Winwood Reade, The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter IV, "Intellect", pp. 383-4. From the Thinker's Library edition (1943)
- Scattered in the wind
Earthboy calls me from my dreams:
Dirt is where the dreams must end.- James Welch, Winter in the Blood. Harper & Row. 1974. ISBN 978-0-06-451990-8.
See also
External links
Encyclopedic article on Dirt on Wikipedia
The dictionary definition of dirt on Wiktionary- The dictionary definition of dirty on Wiktionary
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