Dirty-handed

Synonyms for "dirty-handed" (6 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Adjective(2 words)

Strong matches (1)

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (3)

Adjective(3 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

1 relation types

derived

1 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Then the dirty-handed society went off the wash, followed by the Professor, trying to calm the anxiety of Rob, who had been told by Tommy that all water was full of invisible pollywogs.

Source: wiktionary

Generally I cooked my own meals in my own frying pan; but occasionally I would indulge myself with a more orthodox dinner at a cook shop, or tea with hot buttered toastat a coffee shop; andbut for the greasy table-cloth and the dirty-handed waiter, such would have been even greater delights.

Source: wiktionary

So little time I cannot hope to wash my hands – HELENA : No – VANYA: But must come dirty-handed –

Source: wiktionary

As it was, the whole family loved it, and the Doctor was never better inspired than when he narrated its imaginary story and drew the character of its successive masters, from the Hebrew merchant who had re-edified its walls after the sack of the town, and past the mysterious engraver of the runes, down to the long-headed, dirty-handed boor from whom he had himself acquired it at a ruinous expense.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.

More for "dirty-handed"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.