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单词 dirty linen
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dirty linen

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noun

personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
Also called dirty laundry.

Origin of dirty linen

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby dirty linen

dirt poor, dirt road, dirty, dirty bomb, dirty joke, dirty linen, dirty look, give a, dirty-minded, dirty old man, dirty one's hands, dirty pool
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Example sentences from the Web for dirty linen

  • I flung them into the dirty-linen basket and dragged open the drawer in which the clean ones were kept.

    The Uttermost Farthing|R. Austin Freeman
  • And why not have consigned it to his dirty-linen basket and have it washed?

    Ravensdene Court|J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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