mouldy
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- mouldy
adjective, dated
1: Wretched, boring, depressing, sick. (1876 —) .
A. Huxley One feels a bit low and mouldy after those bouts of flu (1956).
2: Used as a general term of disparagement. (1896 —) .
Saturday Review The average cabby is a moldy old fascist (1972).
- mouldy
noun, naval and RAF
A torpedo. (1916 — 43).
[Origin unknown.]
| motser, motorhead, motor mouth | |
| mouse, mousetrap, mouth |
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