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dirty dozens

dirty dozens noun: a version of the dozens (game of exchanging insults) in which the insults are explicitly obscene and often sexual.

Noun

the dirty dozens pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, African-American Vernacular) A version of the dozens (game of exchanging insults) in which the insults are explicitly obscene and often sexual.

Questions about dirty dozens

What does dirty dozens mean?
Dirty dozens means a version of the dozens (game of exchanging insults) in which the insults are explicitly obscene and often sexual.
What part of speech is dirty dozens?
Dirty dozens is a noun.

Words near dirty dozens in the dictionary

  1. dirty deleted
  2. dirty deletes
  3. dirty deleting
  4. dirty down
  5. Dirty Dozen
  6. dirty dozens
  7. dirty feed
  8. dirty feeds
  9. dirty finger
  10. dirty fingers
  11. dirty float

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