Dirt



 is an unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions. In such cases, they are said to become dirty.

Quotes

 * London turns dirt into gold. Rome turned gold into dirt.
 * William Winwood Reade, The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter IV, "Intellect", pp. 383-4. From the Thinker's Library edition (1943)


 * Scattered in the wind Earthboy calls me from my dreams: Dirt is where the dreams must end.
 * James Welch,