adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stinking/filthy rich disapproving (= very rich )
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She was obviously stinking rich.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lucre
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But filthy lucre led him to Uncle Kenny's.
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I was not the only person who felt betrayed by filthy lucre when the World Cup went to the satellite company.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
filthy lucre
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But filthy lucre led him to Uncle Kenny's.
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I was not the only person who felt betrayed by filthy lucre when the World Cup went to the satellite company.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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filthy sheets
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Get your filthy feet off the couch!
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I was horrified by the filthy language the kids were using.
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The bathroom was absolutely filthy .
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The inside of the oven was filthy .
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The magazine printed filthy pictures that shocked everyone.
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We didn't go swimming because the water looked filthy .
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You ought to wash that sweatshirt - it's absolutely filthy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A man from Pernex stopped to tell a richly filthy joke.
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And Mel Gibson does pass muster as a filthy freedom fighter with a talent for decapitation.
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I must say Oliver ordered some pretty filthy wines those times I went out with him.
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It was filthy with the scrape of asphalt and tire marks.
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She looked at the filthy kitchen.
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The accommodation was crowded and to Miss Logan's mind far filthier than anything she had previously encountered.
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There was light in here too, filtering through the filthy windows.