She knew, almost as horridly as if she had looked in on it, the mucky thing that was happening; the intuitive sixth sense of her hovered over him with great wings that wanted to spread.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
His dirty, mucky, measley money, come from the Lord knows where.
"Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon 1893"
Hall Caine
Mine looks mucky, but it don't come off.
"Menhardoc"
George Manville Fenn