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Meaning of dirty linen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Matters of an embarrassing or unsavoury nature that one would normally wish to keep private.
    uncountable
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dirty, linen.
    uncountable

Examples

“A lot of dirty linen was exposed during the inquiry.”
“Hotels generate a lot of dirty linen.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dirty look dirty magazine dirty martini dirty mind dirty money dirty mouth

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