Found 2 hits - Term: moth-eaten, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moth-eaten \moth"-eat`en\, a.
having holes due to eating by moths or moth larvae; -- of
cloth or clothing.
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- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
moth-eaten
adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
"shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows
and tatty curtains" syn: ratty, shabby, tatty
2: worn or eaten away by or as if by moths; "moth-eaten
blankets" syn: mothy
3: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
"moth-eaten theories about race" syn: old, stale
see also:
ratty shabby tatty mothy old stale
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