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Worm-eaten

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside.

    "Once upon a time there was a lad, who went along a road cracking nuts. He happened to find one which was worm-eaten, and shortly afterwards he met the devil."

  2. 2
    Rotten or decrepit. broadly, figuratively
Adjective
  1. 1
    infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms wordnet

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