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Origin of smutty
Example Sentences
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This isn’t about literature being titillating, smutty or profane.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
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
Did you ever notice that some pieces of coal are dull and smutty, while others are hard and bright?
From Diggers in the Earth by Tappan, Eva March
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