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flyblown

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flyblown in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. especially of reputation
    "a flyblown reputation"
    flyblown 
  2. 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  squalid  sordid 
  3. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
    "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
    flyblown  maggoty 
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