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Origin of smutty
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His mother was a homemaker; his father was a salesman and a somewhat puritanical theatergoer who was said to have shouted “Ladies present!” when comedians performed smutty material.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2019
Georgians, we believe, were smutty, and Victorians were prudes and hypocrites.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2019
The irony in all this is that Mr. Simpson once condemned smutty opposition research as a scourge on the body politic.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2017
If you’ve heard that FX’s “You’re the Worst” is a smutty and subversive take on the relationship sitcom, but you haven’t watched it yet, you might be in for a surprise.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2015
For the rest, she was painted black, with a white checkerboarding around the rail; and her sails were smeared and smutty with smoke from burning blubber scraps.
From All the Brothers Were Valiant by Williams, Ben Ames
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