weevily

[ wee-vuh-lee ]

adjective

1. infested with weevils.

Word History and Origins

Origin of weevily¹

First recorded in 1750–60; weevil + -y ¹

Example Sentences

He could hoist out facts and figures as easily as you would fling a weevily biscuit to leeward.

From Project Gutenberg

Sport began again in the Dudley farm-house by a dozen or so of the young people "forming on" for "Weevily Wheat."

From Project Gutenberg

And you squeezed the poor devils all the harder for your weevily corn and shoddy boots?

From Project Gutenberg

And there was the usual "weevily hardtack" in the bread-barge.

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