fly-blow noun & verb.
['flʌɪblǝʊ] M16.[from
FLY noun1 +
BLOW noun2, verb1.]
A.
noun. A fly's egg deposited in meat, carrion, etc.; a maggot hatched from this.
M16.B.
verb trans. Infl. as
BLOW verb1; pa. t. -blew
[-blu:], pa. pple usu. -blown
[-blǝʊn].
1. Of a fly etc.: deposit eggs on or in (meat etc.). Cf. earlier
BLOW verb1 18.
E17.2. fig. Corrupt secretly, taint.
E17. ■ fly-blown adjective (a) full of fly-blows; tainted, impure, corrupt;
(b) Austral. &
NZ slang without any money, broke:
E16. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲