Dirt

For other uses of "Dirt", see Dirt (disambiguation).

Dirt-covered sidewalk in Brooklyn, NYC being swept during a community clean-up

Dirt is an unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions. In such cases, they are said to become dirty.

Quotes

• London turns dirt into gold. Rome turned gold into dirt.
  • William Winwood Reade, The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter IV, "Intellect", pp. 383-4. From the Thinker's Library edition (1943)

• Scattered in the wind
  Earthboy calls me from my dreams:
  Dirt is where the dreams must end.
  • James Welch, Winter in the Blood. Harper & Row. 1974. ISBN 978-0-06-451990-8. 

See also

• Cleanliness
• Hand washing
• Purity
• Ritual purification
• Soap
• Soil

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Dirt on Wikipedia
• The dictionary definition of dirt on Wiktionary
• The dictionary definition of dirty on Wiktionary
• Media related to Dirt on Wikimedia Commons

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