Definition of "flyblow" []

• The egg or larva of a blowfly, usually deposited on meat. (noun)
• To deposit flyblows on. (verb-transitive)
• To contaminate; taint. (verb-transitive)

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• "If you didn't have good schools for that man's children and his team's children, you knew he would flyblow South Carolina and industry would never come."
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• "Grubs -- or flyblow, description and treatment, 481 under the skin, description and treatment, 481"