Foul
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
Foul and gutter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foul" instead an adjective "Gutter".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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A filthy, foul-smelling bum is dying in the gutter and the crowd is content to watch him suffer, even the police are unwilling to help.
Source: Music / Streets: A Rock Opera -
Harry King (AKA Piss Harry, The King of the Golden River) went from gutter-born mud lark to one of the richest men in the city by realising there is nothing so foul that someone doesn't want it—and what's more, you can usually get people who don't want it to pay you to take it away.
Source: Self-Made Man
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