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maggotries

maggotries is the plural of maggotry.

Meaning of maggotry

Noun

maggotry (countable and uncountable, plural maggotries)

  1. An utter absurdity; folly.
    • The funds financials, which were sterling, said nothing about the operation risk embedded inside these individual members of the hedge fund maggotry.2006 Fall, Whalen, “Wall Street's Derivatives Casino”, in The International Economy, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2012, page 49

Questions about maggotries

What is maggotries the plural of?
Maggotries is the plural of maggotry.

Words near maggotries in the dictionary

  1. maggotorium
  2. maggotoriums
  3. maggotpated
  4. maggotpie
  5. maggotpies
  6. maggotries
  7. maggotry
  8. maggots
  9. maggotty
  10. maggoty
  11. maggoty bay bean

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