Angleworm

Origin

angle + worm

Alternative forms

• angle worm
• angle-worm

Full definition of angleworm

Noun

1. (Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
• XIX c., Emily Dickinson, A Bird came down the Walk —He did not know I saw —He bit an Angleworm in halvesAnd ate the fellow, raw
• 1898, Guy Wetmore Carryl, He turned again to where his clanIn one astounding tangleWith eager haste together ranTo slay the helpless angle

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