Meaning of maggotty | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of maggoty.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Those who belong⟳ to Madam Luna, as Hawkers of Almanacks and Pamphlets, Huntsmen, Ostridge-Catchers, Falkoners, Couriers, Salt carriers, Lunaticks, Maggotty Fools, Crackbrain’d Coxcombs, […] will not long stay⟳ in a place⟳ this Year.”

“Raſberry Jamm. YOU are to infuſe your Rasberries as before, but muſt be very careful to pick⟳ your Fruit from the dead and maggotty ones; […]”

“OBSERVE⟳ the coat of your cheeſe before you purchaſe it; for if it be old, with a rough and ragged coat, or dry at top, you may expect⟳ to find⟳ little worms or mites in it. If it be moiſt, ſpongy, or full of holes, it will give⟳ reaſon to ſuſpect that it is maggotty.”

“If Tarleton should fall⟳ in our way, remember⟳ who used to starve⟳ us, while we were prisoners; and, curse us, and beat⟳ us; and, leave⟳ us rotting in filth and nastiness, with bread full of pounded glass, and maggotty meat, that made the water hiss, when it touched it.”

“As darkness settled thick over the hill country, she slowed to a swinging walk⟳, annoyed by the mischance that chased her here, the Mala Fortuna in her slipstream—Mala, Mala, go haunt some other fool a while. Ruins, every inch of this maggotty world. The smell⟳ of them too rich, the challenge⟳ too ripe.”

“Since the day before, the two of them had secretly become⟳ friends and as Darwin couldn’t face⟳ the maggotty meat his carnivorous captors provided, Dippy had been sneaking him vegetarian snacks.”

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