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Meanings of worm-eaten in English

Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms.

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Usage of worm-eaten in English
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In the Teynkirche stands the worm-eaten pulpit from which preached John Huss.
Three Men on the Bummel
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Jean-Christophe found himself on the stairs, the dark and dirty stairs, worm-eaten.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
3
Ian was looking a bit worm-eaten, and Jamie reckoned he kent why.
Dangerous Women
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The doors were high, and surmounted by quaint and worm-eaten carved work.
Without a Home
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A quantity of worm-eaten timber had been taken out from her sides.
The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 3
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The woman's furniture-a table and two chairs-were crudely sawn from worm-eaten pinewood.
Swan Song
7
It was a little worm-eaten bench, placed at a turn in the alley.
Original Short Stories — Volume 06
8
I thought of the black-beetles, the old boxes, the worm-eaten bureau.
Villette
9
The bare pine walls were worm-eaten, and the beams were blackened by smoke.
Jerusalem
10
It seemed as though it might be possible to pierce this worm-eaten barrier.
Les Misérables
11
All broken, and worm-eaten, and crumbling to dust at the edges.
The Woman in White
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Behind the chimney there is surely a worm-eaten, wooden chest which excites curiosity.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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She laughed aloud at the old, worm-eaten joke and Jim joined.
The Foolish Virgin
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By ten o'clock the sea was tumbling and the worm-eaten hulk was laboring.
Rainbow's End
15
His foot tried each round, as some of them were worm-eaten.
The Underground City; Or, The Black Indies / (Sometimes Called T...
16
I wonder why she gave you that withered and worm-eaten rose?
Arms and the Woman