I hurried with the dirty scrap of papyrus to the royal apartments.

With trembling hands, the headman pulled a dirty scrap of paper from his gown and held it up.

He gazed on the dirty scrap of paper and so did Gabrielle.

No dirty scraps of paper, mind you!

The man thrust out his long arm: in his clenched fist he held what looked like a very dirty scrap of paper.

With these words he held out at arm's length, a dirty, crumpled scrap of writing.

He showed the boys a dirty scrap of paper, using a pair of tweezers to handle it.

He placed a dirty scrap of parchment on the wooden tabletop between them.

It's a dirty little sordid scrap, that's all the whole thing is.

He did what he could, then stowed the dirty scraps behind the toilet where Baldwin wouldn't have to see them.