Clean
Clean adjective - Free from dirt or stain.
Gutter
Gutter adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.
Usage example: a novel that does a good job of rendering the gutter language of that stratum of society
Both words in one sentence
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The latter is happier, though—Adam, Amy, and the others they'd shoot up with always used to talk about being taken on a "rocket ride" to somewhere they really belonged; eventually, Amy got clean, finally getting "out of this gutter".
Source: Music / Counting Crows
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