About March, when the snow that had been heaped on either side of the path to the gate all the winter began to dwindle dirtily, and at midday the eaves dripped melting icicles, and the sun had warmth in it, and great winds set the world creaking, things got better.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
But a dirtily clad Hindoo, lounging on a raised, railless store veranda opposite, leered at her impudently, and she came inside again-to pass the evening and the sultry, black, breathless night out of sight, at least, of the brutes who shut her off from even exercise.
"Rung Ho!"
Talbot Mundy
They did not look like simple peasants, although they had long beards and were dressed very dirtily.
"Beasts, Men and Gods"
Ferdinand Ossendowski