dirt

Having an attorney general with so much potentially compromising dirt on him could be an asset, it being hard to say “no” to someone would could arguably ruin you.

“Oh my God!” she gasped as I handed her a vial of holy dirt with an image of the Santo Niño de Atocha.

Well, you know, all of that was dirt.

“Every little patch of dirt can be a wildlife habitat,” Tilford says.

The artwork was coated with a dark varnish and accumulated dirt over the years, giving the false impression it depicts a night scene.