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Dirty from neglect or poverty.

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  • How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike.
  • The only way that Mexicans can do it is by living in squalid, overcrowded apartments.
  • I guess he prefers the “hard bigotry” of poisoning children by forcing them to live in squalid conditions.
  • These innocent refugees were interned by Israel in squalid concentration camps such as Gaza and the West Bank.
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