weevily
[ wee-vuh-lee ]
adjective
infested with weevils.
Origin of weevily
1- Also wee·vil·ly, wee·viled, wee·villed [wee-vuhld]. /ˈwi vəld/.
Words Nearby weevily
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How to use weevily in a sentence
He could hoist out facts and figures as easily as you would fling a weevily biscuit to leeward.
In Eastern Seas | J. J. SmithSport began again in the Dudley farm-house by a dozen or so of the young people "forming on" for "weevily Wheat."
Prairie Folks | Hamlin GarlandAnd you squeezed the poor devils all the harder for your weevily corn and shoddy boots?
The Missourian | Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) LyleAnd there was the usual "weevily hardtack" in the bread-barge.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea | Morgan Robertson
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