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down-and-dirt⋅y

  [doun-uhn-dur-tee]
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–adjective Informal.
1. unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
2. earthy; funky.
Origin:
1985–90
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down-and-dirt·y   (doun'ənd-dûr'tē)
adj.   Informal

  1. Intently and fiercely competitive, often unscrupulously so: "Keeping his cool has never been easy for [him] in the playoffs . . . when opponents do their down-and-dirty best to bewitch, bother and bewilder him" (Phil Anastasia).

  2. Bawdy; lewd.

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