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Vocabulary Entry
flyblown
|adjective • adjective
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adjective
covered with or affected by fly eggs or maggots; spoiled or decayed.
Example Sentences
"The meat was left out until it became flyblown."
"Flyblown fruit should be thrown away."
"The hot weather made the food flyblown quickly."
A
adjective
old, shabby, or decayed in appearance.
Example Sentences
"They walked through a flyblown town on the edge of the desert."
"The flyblown warehouse looked abandoned."
"His flyblown jacket had seen better days."