FLYBLOWN

flyblown

(adjective) blemished, especially of reputation; “a flyblown reputation”

flyblown, squalid, sordid

(adjective) foul and run-down and repulsive; “a flyblown bar on the edge of town”; “a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town”; “squalid living conditions”; “sordid shantytowns”

flyblown, maggoty

(adjective) spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; “flyblown meat”; “a sack of maggoty apricots”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

flyblown (comparative more flyblown, superlative most flyblown)

contaminated with flyblows

tainted

sordid, squalid

Source: Wiktionary


Fly"blown`, a.

Definition: Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray.

FLYBLOW

Fly"blow`, v. t.

Definition: To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows. Bp. Srillingfleet.

Fly"blow`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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