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Flyblown Common

Flyblown has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies

"flyblown meat"

"a sack of maggoty apricots"

2

foul and run-down and repulsive

"a flyblown bar on the edge of town"

"a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"

"squalid living conditions"

"sordid shantytowns"

3

blemished, especially of reputation

"a flyblown reputation"

4

contaminated with flyblows

Example Sentences
"flyblown meat" adjective
"a sack of maggoty apricots" adjective
"a flyblown bar on the edge of town" adjective
"a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town" adjective
"squalid living conditions" adjective
"sordid shantytowns" adjective
"a flyblown reputation" adjective
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Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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