flyblown Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
   maggoty.
   
   • flyblown meat
   • a sack of maggoty apricots
2. adjective satellite foul and run-down and repulsive
   squalid; sordid.
   
   • a flyblown bar on the edge of town
   • a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
   • squalid living conditions
   • sordid shantytowns
3. adjective satellite especially of reputation
   
   • a flyblown reputation

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