adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It turns out to be no picture after all, but the image of a worm-eaten corpse.
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That fireplace there with worm-eaten beam Had many a Christmas morning seen.
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The worm-eaten foundations of Babylon were tottering.
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The worm-eaten stairs were only a few paces from the open door but she didn't give them a thought.
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The floorboards themselves were grey with age, and dusty, but not worm-eaten , not rotten.