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Marius Hancu - 03 Feb 2010 13:07 GMT

Hello:

Is "maggot" here mean
"disgusting fellow"
or
"strange fellow, full of whims?"

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At heart Chaz Perrone was irrefutably a cheat and a maggot, but he
always shunned violence [...]

Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 11
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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Marius Hancu - 03 Feb 2010 13:08 GMT

> Is "maggot" here mean

Does,
of course

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the Omrud - 03 Feb 2010 13:10 GMT

> Hello:
>
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> At heart Chaz Perrone was irrefutably a cheat and a maggot, but he
> always shunned violence [...]

"despicable person". Think "worm".

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Marius Hancu - 03 Feb 2010 14:02 GMT

> > Is "maggot" here mean
> > "disgusting fellow"
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>
> "despicable person". Think "worm".

That I did:-)

Thank you both.
Marius Hancu

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Cheryl - 03 Feb 2010 13:11 GMT

> Hello:
>
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> Thanks.
> Marius Hancu

Disgusting person.

I once lived in a place where people from a certain area were called
'maggots'. The intended meaning was quite clear.

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Jerry Friedman - 03 Feb 2010 17:29 GMT

> Hello:
>
> Is "maggot" here mean
> "disgusting fellow"
> or
> "strange fellow, full of whims?"

The sense of "maggot" meaning "whim" is completely obsolete, as far as
I know.

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Jerry Friedman

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010

Hiassen: maggot