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quick-and-dirty
Where it comes from
The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short.
adjective more quick-and-dirty · most quick-and-dirty · quick and dirty
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Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.
I can do a quick-and-dirty market analysis in time for the meeting tomorrow.
Similar: slipshod
noun quick-and-dirties · quick and dirty
- An inexpensive, inelegant eatery; a greasy spoon.
- A quick, temporary fix, estimate, or the like. The car broke down but we managed to do a quick-and-dirty and were back on the road in fifteen minutes.
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adj hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate
| Español | cutre |
|---|---|
| Français | quick-and-dirty |
| Русский | на скорую руку na skoruju ruku, на коленке na kolenke, грубый grubyj, халтурный xalturnyj, из говна́ и па́лок iz govná i pálok |
Talk about this word "quick-and-dirty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quick-and-dirty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. quick-and-dirty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/quick-and-dirty "quick-and-dirty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quick-and-dirty.Cite this
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