OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 38925

grimy

/ˈɡɹaɪmi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mugriento • shuco • sucio
Stained or covered with grime.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell…