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It is very ugly and wormy, and it is related, but without proof, that on one occasion Washington declined to sit down in it Here are the last two missives I ever received from his dear, kind hand 5 Hyde Park Place, London, W., Friday, January 14, 1870 My Dear Fields: We live here (opposite the Marble Arch) in a charming house until the 1st of June, and then return to Gad's.

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adjective Infested with or damaged by worms.
adjective Suggestive of a worm.

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All the wormy, enfeebling pressures of the past year would be evicted from his spirit, and for the first time he'd be able to choose a path in life rather than accept the one upon which he had been set by necessity. — F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 03 - March 2001
Angela Dunfey's door is wormy, cracked, and hanging by one hinge. — F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 04-05 - October-November 2000
On the traditional fantasy spectrum, colour this as a wormy Conan, not fabulous Tolkien. — BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#2
“Like, the wormy-holes where everything gets sucked in and comes out on Saturn Axel, my friend,” Doc said. — FSFOct/Nov2004
I am not judging the people … just their ear-wormy music. — Everyday Thoughts Collected