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Flyblown

adjective
1.
Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies.  Synonym: maggoty.  "A sack of maggoty apricots"
2.
Foul and run-down and repulsive.  Synonyms: sordid, squalid.  "A squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town" , "Squalid living conditions" , "Sordid shantytowns"
3.
Especially of reputation.






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... consisted of a little Italian restaurant, of the flyblown sort. There was no difficulty in buying the proprietor out. A woman and a man belonging to the group took it on. The man had been a cook. The comrades could get their meals there, unnoticed amongst the other customers. This ...
— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad



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