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Flyblown   Listen
verb
Flyblow  v. t.  (past flyblew; past part. flyblown; pres. part. flyblowing)  To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.



adjective
Flyblown  adj.  Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. " Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Flyblown" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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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