His grubby clothes were brown and white goathide, rubbed bare and shiny in big patches.
"For the hostess," he said, "to make up for my grubby clothes."
These workers were often poor immigrants wore grubby clothes as a result of their work.
He took great care not to touch her or allow his grubby clothes to come into contact with her beautiful skirt and creamy-white blouse.
He was wearing old comfortable clothes, crumpled and grubby, of the kind Niamh would never have let him get away with.
All were in casual to grubby clothes.
If that came through, he'd have to go home, clean up, and change his grubby clothes.
His eyes trailed with open curiosity from my unshaved face to my damp, grubby clothes.
Armstrong's grubby clothes, his dirt, and his whiskers said he had.
When you've discovered everything you need to know, head on down to the Welfare Department in your grubbiest clothes.
