fishworm
Americannoun
Regionalisms
See earthworm.
Etymology
Origin of fishworm
Example Sentences
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"I'm not going to be a performer," he said, with a wry smile at the thought of "fishworm oil."
From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon
We have all known him well from boyhood by several names—angleworm, fishworm, earthworm.
From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hallam Hawksworth
"What you got last night, sonny, was for your own sake, but this time it's going to be for Frances'—you fishworm!"
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
If you are, I got some fishworm oil that's jest the thing to limber up yer joints.
From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon
Two of the three men who had remained on board of the 111 schooner were now prisoners; and Sopsy was considered as harmless as a fishworm.
From A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic
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