dirty a Cp AND ~ a 'resentful' (1965-) for sense 4.
   1 1985 Evening Telegram 6 July, p. 5 Fishermen report the water slubby and dirty. 1986 ibid 7 June, p. 50 Longliner skippers operating out of [Catalina] have been experiencing a much better start to the fishing season...but the water on the offshore is becoming dirty and this is expected to affect catches. 1989 ibid 3 June, p. A4 The water is too clean; the water is too dirty. The fish aren't migrating [or] are migrating in the wrong direction.
   2 1987 Evening Telegram 11 Apr, p. 14 Captain Forward went down to Captain Bartlett and he said, 'I believe we are going to have a dirty night. I don't like the look of it.' 1989 ibid 13 July, p. 3 'We'll be here for another couple of days, but if the weather gets too dirty, we'll have to head home.'
   4 1981 MAJOR 34 And how the old man got so dirty with me for being careless. Although he let me steer the boat back into the wharf just the same.
   5 Fouled with excrement.
   1987 MONTEVECCHI & TUCK 163 Dirty Cliff.

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