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mouldy

[mohl-dee]
noun, plural mould·ies. British Military Slang.
  1. a torpedo.
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Origin of mouldy

1915–20; probably identical with Scottish and north dial. moudie a mole
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Examples from the Web for mouldy

Historical Examples

  • It seemed as if the sun-rays could never reach that paving, mouldy with damp.

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete

    Emile Zola

  • Then it took them to another lake, into which they cast a mouldy log.

    Russian Fairy Tales

    W. R. S. Ralston

  • The rooms were low and cramped, and had a mouldy, disused smell in them.

  • It must have stood there a week, and was both stale and mouldy.

    Kilgorman

    Talbot Baines Reed

  • When we got it, it had been wet and was so mouldy that we had to chop it out with an ax.

British Dictionary definitions for mouldy

mouldy

US moldy

adjective mouldier or mouldiest or US moldier or moldiest
  1. covered with mould
  2. stale or musty, esp from age or lack of use
  3. slang boring; dull
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Derived Formsmouldiness or US moldiness, noun
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Word Origin and History for mouldy

adj.

see moldy.

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