Nichol offered to cut the wire for us, and this offer we were only too pleased to accept, for we knew he was absolutely reliable, and it would save us from dirtying our clothes.
"The Escaping Club"
A. J. Evans
He's always dirtying hisself.
"Milly and Olly"
Mrs. Humphry Ward
She could not stoop down to cry on Smut's back now; it would have risked considerable more dirtying of her poor frock.
"The Rectory Children"
Mrs Molesworth