grubby hand
Frequency: 5.51.2 per million words
A hand that is dirty or unwashed.
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Examples (10)
- The little boy ran inside, his grubby hands covered in mud.
- ‘Go and wash your grubby hands before dinner!’ she called out.
- The mechanic wiped his grubby hands on an old cloth.
- He reached out a grubby hand to take the offered piece of bread.
- Her grubby hands were a testament to a long day working in the garden.
- I tried not to flinch when he shook my palm with his grubby hand.
- The artist's canvas was marked by the prints of her grubby hands.
- Don't touch the clean laundry with those grubby hands!
- A child's grubby hand had left a sticky fingerprint on the window.
- Despite his grubby hands, the old man had the kindest eyes I'd ever seen.