dirty laundry

collocation in English

meaningsofdirtyandlaundry

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dirty
adjective
uk
/ˈdɜː.ti/us
/ˈdɝː.t̬i/
marked with dirt, mud, etc., or containing something such as pollution ...
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laundry
noun
uk
/ˈlɔːn.dri/us
/ˈlɑːn.dri/
the dirty clothes and sheets that need to be, are being, or have ...
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(Definition ofdirtyandlaundryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirty laundry

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In my opinion, it is normal to wash yourdirtylaundryat home and not out in the street.
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Many women still want to keep theirdirtylaundryinside.
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Private companies may not be prepared to take the reallydirtylaundryand could not cope with laundry at the required speed.
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They didn't want to have a lot of thedirtylaundry, so a lot of it was cut down.
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Instead of pounding thedirtylaundrywith a rock, launderers used the washboard for scrubbing away the grime.
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Gargamel later discovers that he in fact poured the poison into a cauldron containing nothing butdirtylaundry.
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I won't be airing anydirtylaundryin public.
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The men used a natural waterfall for regular showers and received soap and shampoo from the palomas, whiledirtylaundrywas sent out.
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The whole time, in which she married and divorced six other men, she had mistaken him for thedirtylaundry.
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He found an ingenious way to communicate secretly: filling hisdirtylaundrypackage with long, patiently written letters printed in pencil on three lines of his pyjama cords.
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From the 1910s to the 1960s, many college students and others used parcel post to mail homedirtylaundry, as doing so was less expensive than washing the clothes themselves.
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