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Laidly  adj.  Ugly; loathsome. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.) "This laidly and loathsome worm."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Laidly" Quotes from Famous Books



... anecdote-designer's imagination has not yet risen to the feat of compelling them, although the stimulus of competition may soon cause it. The case most nearly approaching one of friendship between man and snake known to me is the case of Tyrrell, the Zoo snake keeper, and his "laidly worms." But, then, the friendship is mostly on Tyrrell's side, and, moreover, Tyrrell is rather more than human, as anyone will admit who sees him hang boa constrictors round his neck. Of course one often hears of boys making pets of common English snakes, ...
— The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 - An Illustrated Monthly • Various



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