Grime

Definitions

1. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
   uncountable
2. A surname from Old Norse.
3. A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
   uncountable

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Examples

“Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.”

“[…] ſhe ſweats a man may go ouer ſhoes in the grime of it.”

“Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.”

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