angleworm

American  

[ang-guhl-wurm] / ˈæŋ gəlˌwɜrm /

noun

Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

1. an earthworm, as used for bait in angling.

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angleworm British  

/ ˈæŋɡəlˌwɜːm /

noun

1. an earthworm used as bait by anglers

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Regionalisms

See earthworm.

Etymology

Origin of angleworm

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; angle ² + worm

Example Sentences

Hemmed in by salt marshes, clinging to the angleworm course of the chocolate-colored Hooghly River, the city of Calcutta's 4,000,000 people inhabit an area about half the size of the District of Columbia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Faced by a committee of angleworm lovers, Carroll Kjellman ... admitted he planted strips of rubber in the soil.

From Time Magazine Archive

He also offered to eat a bug for a nickel, an angleworm for a dime and a beetle for a quarter.

From Time Magazine Archive

It considered the mysteries and incantations of fishing, from spitting on angleworm segments to affixing trout cosmetics and bass liniments.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't believe I've ever heard anybody say anything against an angleworm; although not many people, even to this day, I'll be bound, realize what a useful citizen the angleworm is.

From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hawksworth, Hallam