dirty-minded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dirty-minded
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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I was on the fence; I admired Ficarra and Requa's blend of glossy Hollywood surface and dirty-minded, chaotic, criminal love story, but I also felt beat up by the end of the film.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2010
Wain records the effect of this upbringing: "I was evasive, cowardly, dirty-minded, egotistical�I nevertheless belonged to the elect."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Author is variously regarded by those who have never read his books as either a dirty-minded old man or a young crackpot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the illustrated papers indulge in pictorial flings which may be compared only to the scribbling and coarse drawings, in out-of-the-way places, of dirty-minded boys.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price
"Bindle, you're a dirty-minded beast," retorted Mrs. Bindle, snapping her jaws viciously.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
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