Meaning of un-dirty | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“An Un-Dirty Story —Down at the laundry, —When all the work’s done, —We swim⟳ in the washers, —It’s all good, clean⟳ fun! —We take⟳ off our oxfords, —And throw⟳ out the duds, —And have⟳ our refreshments— —A scuttle of suds.”

“We found it a fairly readable book, refreshingly un-dirty in an age of over[-]sexed literature.”

“Equally often, by Thurber’s words, drawings and thought, it draws you backward into the world of un-dirty humor, leaning you backward in your seat to laugh⟳ at the world and at yourself.”

“Having just walked out of the Aquarius and having just sat through a grand and wonderful experience⟳, I feel⟳ I must share⟳ it with you . . . First, if anyone says the nude scene in "Hair" is dirty I'll hit 'em in the mouth. No, I won't—I have⟳ too much love⟳ for that after seeing the show⟳. But I might take⟳ my clothes off just to prove⟳ how UN-dirty it can be.”

“It’s the middle of World War II and this un-dirty dozen is about to go overseas on an assortment of nebulous assignments.”

“Segal has made his biggest public splash with his new novel, “Love⟳ Story,” a saccharine, simple and aggressively un-dirty tale of a young couple.”

“It is good family fare in the best sense⟳ - not merely because it is un-dirty (which in itself is no particular virture) but because it touches on good things, on things of substance and reality, which is the only kind of cleaniness worth the use⟳ of the word.”

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