A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but were it called a maggot, a schist or a cloaca, we would think of it quite differently. From Wordnik.com. [Why Juliet Could Never Be Plain Julie] Reference
He said that he had not been "maggot" - slang for getting out of it - for almost two weeks, so was going to make the most of it. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories]
He's all "maggot" and this - and reach around that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2007] Reference
When I volunteered for the draft, within just a few days I was a 'maggot'. From Wordnik.com. [CRU Inquiry Report submissions] Reference
"Then I heard the word 'maggot' and that kind of got everybody creeped out," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Maggots Falling From Passenger's Rotting Meat Force US Airways Flight Back To Gate (VIDEO)] Reference
By the way, the word "maggot" here does not refer to an creepy crawly creature, but is a synonym for "whim.". From Wordnik.com. [Multimedia] Reference
Finally a GREAT article from YoChicago exposing a "maggot" industry!. From Wordnik.com. [YoChicago] Reference
He laughed, and said that grogo is the name of a big maggot which is found in the Cockarito palm or cabbage tree. From Wordnik.com. [Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor] Reference
This is a picture of maggot injury on black walnut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The maggot oozed like a tear to drop onto her shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [What You Never Thought You Wanted] Reference
She's got some maggot in her brain, and she wants to air it. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
They will give you a little idea what maggot injury looks like. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
That's your doin ', Sarah; you 've always some maggot in your. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
Larvina: a maggot: a dipterous larva without distinct head or legs. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
And in the economy of nature man is of no more consequence than the maggot. From Wordnik.com. [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference
In relation to their surroundings man and the maggot are in the same position. From Wordnik.com. [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference
Another one on apples, known as apple maggot, and a related form on blueberry. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
She nodded, picked a maggot from my hair, walked to the window and cast it out. From Wordnik.com. [Waking Up] Reference
Superficially the injury on the fruit is quite similar to that of the husk maggot. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Station in Geneva, and at that time I gave a little talk on the walnut husk maggot. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
It was the first time a maggot had been used in a court of law to convict a criminal. From Wordnik.com. [Lords of the flies: the insect detectives] Reference
I love the way the girl is gingerly holding her waist like it's a maggot-ridden dead body. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
If I should get the maggot in my brain it would no doubt be more likely to hurt than help. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
“Hold it right there, you maggot” Hampy barks as the man puts his hands in his coat pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Women With Colds and the Men Who Love Them] Reference
The one on the lower left is the apple maggot, the one on the lower right is walnut husk maggot. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The maggot stage, in particular, can be further subdivided into three distinct phases, known as instars. From Wordnik.com. [Lords of the flies: the insect detectives] Reference
How many in the audience here have had experience with the walnut husk maggot or had injury on the fruit?. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The eastern section, right-hand side, Champlain Valley and Hudson Valley, are primarily apple maggot regions. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Also, there is a little difference in size, the walnut husk maggot being the biggest of the four species shown here. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
But I was on this story like a maggot on roadkill, so I stalked Christo and Jeanne-Claude to a book-signing at a Barnes & Noble. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Christo At The Gates] Reference
Early in the novel, a prominent judge is found dead in a section that I skimmed over because of the high incidence of the word "maggot.". From Wordnik.com. [Death Al Dante] Reference
I have shown here the emergence date of the various species, including the cherry fruit flies, the apple maggot and the walnut husk fly. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
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