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Examples
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It was as disreputable-looking an animal as Grace had ever seen.
Sonnet of the Sphinx Diana Killian 2006
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There were several others of the lean, dark-haired man with a disreputable-looking terrier.
Sonnet of the Sphinx Diana Killian 2006
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And it was really only Cynthia who didnt know them and thought them only a lot of disreputable-looking Dutch dollsand Dutch dolls were quite out of fashion.
The RACKETTY-PACKETTY House Frances Hodgson Burnett 2006
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I was seated at my window one morning when a very disreputable-looking person slouched into the room.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Others who had encountered him at this stage of his life remembered him as “disreputable-looking,” “seedy,” even “sinister,” and equipped with “an evil-smelling cigar butt.”
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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I was seated at my window one morning when a very disreputable-looking person slouched into the room.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Others who had encountered him at this stage of his life remembered him as “disreputable-looking,” “seedy,” even “sinister,” and equipped with “an evil-smelling cigar butt.”
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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The brothers were most disreputable-looking beings; for, although surrounded with gay apparel as their staple in trade, they wore the most filthy rags themselves.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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Before us was a large and disreputable-looking building with a blackened, twisted olive tree dominating its façade.
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
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Lee ushered us through the house, into a large, gloomy room dominated by a pair of disreputable-looking French windows.
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
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