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Meanings of mouldy in English

Covered with or smelling of mold.

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Examples for "musty"
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Suddenly Dublin tap water has developed a certain earthy, musty, chlorinated charm.
The Irish Times
2
The strange musty odor of unused houses hung heavy in the air.
The Unspeakable Gentleman
3
The liquid was musty, having been in the skin nearly two days.
The Wings of the Morning
4
If flour is musty; it is not kosher and must be destroyed.
The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
5
James and Ralph were among the last ones into the musty space.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
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In the pale light Simon could make out its greenish, moldy rungs.
The hangman's daughter
2
It was full, but not quite full, of moldy and forgotten books.
The Children's Pilgrimage
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She began digging through various moldy trunks filled with equally moldy clothing.
A nameless witch
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A moldy-looking bullhead mounted on a plaque hung over the mahogany bar.
Junky
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Good flour has a slight pure smell, free from any moldy odor.
The Story of Crisco
Usage of mouldy in English
1
The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
The Abandoned Room
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Tripp pulled the bell at the door of the mouldy red-brick boarding-house.
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The bread of life hidden in our sacks will certainly go mouldy.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
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Cyrène was brought up in a mouldy old château near St. Ouen.
The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
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They looked old and mouldy, but it was bread all the same.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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But he found that the mouldy old habitation somewhat depressed his bride.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
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She stood observing him strangely as his eye devoured the mouldy pages.
Crucial Instances
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Everywhere there were groups of miscreants selling mouldy bread at exorbitant prices.
Tales of the Wilderness
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And all of a fresh new sort, no mouldy old stale ones.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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After four years, hikuli grows old and mouldy, and loses its virtues.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
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If we want to help, send them mouldy curry or rotten eggs.
Reuters
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Go forth, traveller, and leave this mouldy editing to less elastic fancies.
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
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He opened her rations, sniffed everything and tasted a mouldy rice ball.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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Or if you can't, hang rotten steaks and mouldy soufflés on them.
The Lives of Christopher Chant
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Our religion has been too stuffy, too mouldy, too damp, too narrow.
Purple Springs
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I opened my next-to-the-last sack of flour this mornin' and 'twas mouldy.
The Man from the Bitter Roots
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