mouldy

[ mohl-dee ]

/ ˈmoʊl di /

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noun, plural mould·ies.British Military Slang.

a torpedo.

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Origin of mouldy

1915–20; probably identical with Scottish and north dial. moudie a mole

Words nearby mouldy

mouldboard, moulder, moulding, moulding board, mouldwarp, mouldy, mouldy fig, moulin, Moulin Rouge, Moulins, Moulmein

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How to use mouldy in a sentence

I shall get the place full of a jolly lot of girls, and Wendover Park won't be no mouldy church, nor no bloomin' nunnery.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
So everything they owned became damp and mouldy—all their clothing, their food, the very beds upon which they slept.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Mr. Guy Poynton leaned back amongst the mouldy leather upholstery, and smiled complacently.
A Maker of History|E. Phillips Oppenheim
And may I ask which of the guests to-night struck you as being particularly mouldy?
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg

They've been and tied all the jam down, so that it'll all go that mouldy that nobody can touch it.
An Old Man's Love|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for mouldy

mouldy

US moldy

/ (ˈməʊldɪ) /

adjective mouldier or mouldiest or US moldier or moldiest

covered with mould

stale or musty, esp from age or lack of use

slang boring; dull

Derived forms of mouldy

mouldiness or US moldiness, noun

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