quick-and-dirty
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of quick-and-dirty
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Here’s the quick-and-dirty on how to start practicing critical ignoring in the year ahead:
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Here's the quick-and-dirty rundown on everything you need to know about tech politics this week.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
A few months ago I looked at the “misery index” — the sum of unemployment and inflation, originally suggested by Arthur Okun as a quick-and-dirty summary of the state of the economy.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023
In a sense, the use of commonplace properties when details are missing is a type of heuristic — it is a quick-and-dirty strategy that will often work well but sometimes fail.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021
A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing bug or misfeature.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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