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Filth

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Augean stables
held 3,000 oxen, uncleaned for 30 years; Hercules’ fifth labor: washes out dung by diverting a river. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149]
Jungle, The
portrays the lack of hygiene among Chicago meat-packing plants (1906). [Am. Lit.: The Jungle, Payton, 356]
Lake Erie
Great Lake; once so polluted, referred to as Lake Eerie. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 887]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The room itself, Jane said, was "absolutely filthy" with a crumbling ceiling that "looked like it could come down any minute".
OUR ROOM AT THE ADELPHI WAS DISGRACE; Hotel was so filthy couple had to move
Jane and Cliff Maugham refused to stay at The Adelphi Hotel after their room turned out be "absolutely filthy"
Devastated couple refuse to stay in "absolutely filthy" Adelphi Hotel room with "vomit stains" on the carpet outside; The Maughams said the ceiling of the hotel room was damp and "looked like it could come down at any minute"
In the notice, NAB will ask Mustafa Kamal to tender apology on using filthy language against NAB and its officers, otherwise NAB would file a lawsuit in the relevant court of law for legal action.
NAB recovers Rs2.12b through plea-bargain
An spokesman said that NAB has asked Mustafa Kamal to tender apology on using filthy language against NAB and its officers, and vowed to file lawsuit against Kamal in the relevant court in case of failure to apologize.
NAB to send legal notice to Mustafa Kamal on using inappropriate words
In the notice NAB will ask Mustafa Kamal to tender apology on using filthy language against NAB and its officers, otherwise NAB would file a lawsuit in the relevant court of law for legal action.
NAB decides to serve notice to Mustafa Kamal
RSPCA rescue Missy the husky from filthy cage in North Shields
Dog owner banned from keeping animals after puppy rescued from 'faeces strewn' home; Mishka the husky was in a 'lean' state when she was rescued from the Wallsend home
Carrieann, 38, said: "My parents arrived and they went into the chalet around 4.45pm and it was absolutely filthy.
Holiday misery at 'filthy' Pontins; FAMILY FORCED TO CLEAN CHALET THEMSELVES
"So we scrubbed it but it's still filthy - but it's better.
'Pontins chalet so dirty I had to clean it myself'
Victoria added: "I don't want to place any blame about why it was so filthy, it's just one of those things!
Victoria shows the way to a clean sign
On Wednesday, Blatchley posted photos of a filthy canal in the adjacent barangay just across the museum.
Waste war / Datu Bago awardee seeks resignation of CENRO, barangay execs
This time the lead gangster shoots someone dead before declaring: "Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal."
There's a massive Home Alone secret you never knew and it's blowing fans' minds; The film series from the 1990s had an iconic film within a film - but fans are only now realising the truth about it
As he explains this, Loosie sits about eight miles away in a studio surrounded by FILTHY, Oogie Mane, Brandon Finessin, and Forza, the other members of the production collective Working On Dying.
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