schmutzy

schmutz·y

[shmoot-see]
adjective, schmutz·i·er, schmutz·i·est.
Slang. dirty; grimy.
Also, schmutz·ig [shmoot-sik, -sig] .


Origin:
1965–70; schmutz + -y1, as translation of Yiddish shmutsik or German schmutzig

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