Meaning of maggot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
2. A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. A worthless person.
   derogatory, slang
4. A worthless person
5. A whimsy or fancy.
   archaic, dialectal
6. A whimsy or fancy
7. A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
   slang
8. A fan of the American metal band Slipknot
9. Alternative form of MAGAt

Equivalents

Examples

“Drop and give me fifty, maggot.”

“"Maggot!" said Catweazle angrily. "Sit thee down!"”

“Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain?”

“‘I am ashamed of him! how can he think of humouring you in such maggots!’”

“[…] If you draw, Sir, there's one prospect up the river, by the mills—upon my conscience—but you don't draw?' No answer. 'A little, Sir, maybe? Just for a maggot, I'll wager—like my good lady, Mrs. Toole.'”

“Scotland Yard have two maggots which crop up whenever anything happens to a young woman. Either it’s White Slavery or Dope Dens⁠—sometimes both.”

“(We) We are the new diabolic (We) We are the bitter bucolic If I have to give my life, you can have it (We) We are the pulse of the maggots”

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