| flyblown |
| Flyblow | v. t. 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. Bp. Srillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Flyblow | n. (Zool.) One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Flyblown | a. Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. [ 1913 Webster ] Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| flyblown | (adj) spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies, Syn. maggoty, Example: flyblown meat; a sack of maggoty apricots |
| flyblown | (adj) foul and run-down and repulsive, Syn. sordid, squalid, Example: a flyblown bar on the edge of town; a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town; squalid living conditions; sordid shantytowns |
| flyblown | (adj) especially of reputation, Example: a flyblown reputation |
