flyblown

American  

[flahy-blohn] / ˈflaɪˌbloʊn /

adjective

1. covered with flyblows.

   flyblown meat.

2. tainted or contaminated; spoiled.

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flyblown British  

/ ˈflaɪˌbləʊn /

adjective

1. covered with flyblows

2. contaminated; tainted

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Etymology

Origin of flyblown

First recorded in 1565–75; fly ¹ + blown ¹

Example Sentences

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flyblown

The Hotel Portales in Colima, the Salton Sea and the saloon bars of El Centro and Mazatlán: These were flyblown places that all remained internally fossilized.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018

Thanks to some understandable confusion at the ticket counter, they wind up instead in the flyblown backwater of Bet Hatikva.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2017

But right now, Cambodia is looking even less attractive than a crushingly monotonous life in a bunch of flyblown tents somewhere in the Pacific.

From Time ● May 5, 2015

So much flowed from that acrid, flyblown, and relatively brief campaign.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 25, 2015

He grasped onto the front of my shirt and pulled me closer, his hot breath reeking of flyblown meat.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros