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   flyblown

   /ˈflʌɪbləʊn/

   adjective

   • 1. contaminated through contact with flies and their eggs and larvae: "flyblown meat"
   • ▪ infested with flies; dirty and unpleasant: "the flyblown pool halls of his youth"

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   • Grandfather, two uncles she'd never seen, their photographs grouped together, flyblown, faded, moustachioed: the dead. The world's full of flyblown old club pianists, but there's only one Mr Starlight. Van Kiet peered through the flyblown window glass, then turned back. 2 meanings: 1. covered with flyblows 2. contaminated; tainted....

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   • 1. Contaminated with the eggs or larvae of blowflies. 2. a. Tainted; corrupt: a flyblown reputation. b. Dirty or rundown; squalid: a flyblown bar on the edge of town. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is a flyblown shack?

   • Flyblown has its origins in the very unpleasant image of a blowfly's victim, and it's from this literal meaning that the more common senses come. Phrases such as flyblown shack and flyblown restaurant still suggest the actual presence of flies, if not necessarily their embryonic precursors.

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   Define flyblown. flyblown synonyms, flyblown pronunciation, flyblown translation, English dictionary definition of flyblown. adj. 1. Contaminated with the eggs or larvae of blowflies. 2.

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   spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies

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   Jun 3, 2024 · flyblown (comparative more flyblown, superlative most flyblown) contaminated with flyblows. tainted. sordid, squalid.