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Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- If you don't tell me why you did it, I'll air all your dirty laundry to your boss.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A clothes hamper or other container in which soiled laundry is placed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, uncountable
Examples
- Place your dirty clothes in the dirty laundry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dirty, laundry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- If you bring your dirty laundry round on Saturday, I'll wash it for you.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dirty linen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: personal business, personal matters, affairs
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
likapyykki
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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French:
linge sale
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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German:
dreckige Wäsche
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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German:
schmutzige Wäsche
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Hungarian:
szennyes
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Polish:
brudy
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Russian:
гря́зное бельё
(grjáznoje belʹjó)
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Spanish:
trapitos sucios
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Spanish:
trapos sucios
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Swedish:
smutsig byk
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Turkish:
kirli çamaşır
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Ukrainian:
брудна́ біли́зна
(brudná bilýzna)
— unflattering facts or questionable activities
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Finnish:
likapyykki
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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German:
Schmutzwäsche
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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German:
schmutzige Wäsche
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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German:
dreckige Wäsche
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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Hungarian:
szennyes
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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Hungarian:
szennyes ruha
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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Russian:
гря́зное бельё
(grjáznoje belʹjó)
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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Swedish:
smutstvätt
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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Turkish:
kirli çamaşır
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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Ukrainian:
брудна́ біли́зна
(brudná bilýzna)
— laundry that is unclean or soiled
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Finnish:
likapyykki
— a clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry
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German:
Korb für schmutzige Wäsche
— a clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry
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Hungarian:
szennyesláda
— a clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry
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Hungarian:
szennyestartó
— a clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry
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Swedish:
tvättkorg
— a clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry
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Turkish:
kirli sepeti
— a clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry
