But one day at recess, Eric followed her to her secret hiding place. “Have you become a mole?” he laughed. And he pulled her out into the hall, and danced around her. “Dumbbell, dumbbell, [magotty] old dumbbell!”
What does the word in the bracket mean?
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It should be spelled "maggoty", meaning infested with maggots (larvae of flies or similar insects). I do not particularly recommend that you use brackets to highlight a word within a text. You can use bold or coloured font instead.
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It should be spelled "maggoty", meaning infested with maggots (larvae of flies or similar insects).
I do not particularly recommend that you use brackets to highlight a word within a text. You can use bold or coloured font instead.