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Meanings of grimy fingers in English

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Usage of grimy fingers in English
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One little white hand swung limp; he seized it with grimy fingers.
A Man and His Money
2
Two battered tin pails were handed up by small, grimy fingers.
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3
Next he seized the black box with his grimy fingers.
Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon
4
Yellow Barbee sat slumped over a table, his lean, grimy fingers twisting an empty glass.
The Desert Valley
5
The paint of their symbols were chipped, the tiles soiled by generations of soldiers' grimy fingers.
Night of Knives
6
Sean wiped his hands on a cloth while David held a Coke in his grimy fingers.
Belonging to them
7
He stood, unmoving, the key still secured between his grimy fingers and poking toward the door.
The notorious scoundrel
8
I met him in the kitchen and took the photograph from his stained and grimy fingers.
Carrion comfort
9
The hump-back seized the proffered hand in an instant, covering the grimy fingers with his own lean claws.
Drolls From Shadowland
10
The stranger, with his or her grimy fingers and glassy gaze, is so clearly not the ideal reader.
The new yorker
11
Is nothing to be considered sacred; nothing to be left untouched, unsmirched by the grimy fingers of improvement?
The Spell of Egypt
12
Once it had probably been a bright yellow, but much handling by grimy fingers had turned it bleary.
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13
Of course, it was probable that Anderson had been sticking his huge and grimy fingers into the forensic evidence, too.
Dexter Is Dead
14
Carson sought a match, and when he had found it, held it long in his grimy fingers, staring at it thoughtfully.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
15
The child in the pushchair was mewling, his grimy fingers clutching an orange lollipop and the wrapping from a chocolate bar.
Complete Books of Blood
16
Strong grimy fingers went to his lips and a low cautious whistle, more like a bird call issued forth, musical as any wild note.
The City of Fire
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