dirt bag

American  

noun

1. Slang. a filthy or contemptible person.

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Example Sentences

Like so many self-described “dirt bag” climbers in Yosemite, he spent a couple of years doing odd jobs to make ends meet before he got hired by the parks service.

From Los Angeles Times

Matthew McConaughey is at his dirt bag finest as a good-time Charlie stoner-poet named Moondog in Harmony Korine’s “The Beach Bum,” a bizarre and transfixing carnival of vulgarity and vice.

From Washington Times

“Scumbag, dirt bag, liar,” Riehl says as the officer questions the driver.

From Washington Post

For my part, I was irritated that I’d have to sit through an interview with this guy before getting to Leah Remini’s Scientology Dirt Bag, so it’s not like I had a high horse to climb off of.

From Salon

"We are bringing this dirt bag to justice," Orlando Police Chief John Mina said at a news conference.

From Reuters