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begrime

[bih-grahym]

verb (used with object)

begrimed, begriming 
  1. to make grimy.



begrime

/ ɪˈɡɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to make dirty; soil

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of begrime1

First recorded in 1545–55; be- + grime
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He’s spent most of the past couple of days sitting on the begrimed concrete outside a bustling 7-Eleven.

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And in the firerooms, begrimed sailors frantically shoveled coal into the boilers.

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The flag was worn and begrimed with age, and almost a century old.

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As Farrell, Fleming and King worked in the museum’s Batten Conservation Complex, other equally begrimed museum conservators and archaeologists lent a hand.

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He is about to shoot when the young, begrimed soldier holds up his hand in what is now the peace symbol, but at the time meant: "Do you have a cigarette?"

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