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angleworm

[ ang-guhl-wurm ]

noun

Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.
  1. an earthworm, as used for bait in angling.


angleworm

/ ˈæŋɡə±ôËŒ·Éɜ˳¾ /

noun

  1. an earthworm used as bait by anglers
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Origin of angleworm1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; angle 2 + worm
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“If I’m asking too much of you,†he says, “you can always take the donkey cart back to Kentucky and continue in the fine tradition of curing people with moonshine and angleworm poultices.â€

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We have all known him well from boyhood by several names—angleworm, fishworm, earthworm.

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Tackle and Lure—The black bass will take any lure from the artificial fly to the plebeian angleworm.

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"I can catch more trout with the angleworm and more bass with the trolling spoon than you can with the artificial fly," says Robert.

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Cerese lizards and little pink snakes skipped lightly across the walls of the tent, and bunches of luminous angleworms writhed harmlessly in the dark corners.

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