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What does moth-eaten mean?

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Adjective
  1. Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae.
  2. old and in poor condition
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His mane is a little threadbare and Mum threatens to bin him calling him moth-eaten!
The tiny window on the wall to my right is covered by moth-eaten cream curtains.
It's certainly true that students retain a strange willingness to welcome back the moth-eaten cultural icons of the Eighties.
When you think of seaside hotels, moth-eaten candlewick bedspreads and ferocious landladies usually come to mind.
He covered her with the moth-eaten blankets and the stale smell of the room clung to the walls and to her.
The musty, moth-eaten curtains, once a grand crimson, were now dull brown and drooping listlessly.

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