Meanings
adjectivefly-blown (comparative more fly-blown, superlative most fly-blown)
comparative more fly-blown · superlative most fly-blown
- alternativeAlternative form of flyblown.
The contents of its window were curiously variegated. They comprised […] a fly-blown ostrich eg or so, some fishing-tackle, and an extraordinarily dirty, empty glass fish-tank.
1897 May, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Crystal Egg”, in Tales of Space and Time, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday & McClure Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 1
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