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fishworm

American  
[fish-wurm] / ˈfɪʃˌwɜrm /

noun

Chiefly New England and Northern and Midland U.S.
  1. an earthworm.


Regional Use

See earthworm.

Etymology

Origin of fishworm

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; fish + worm


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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

"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

Captain Trigger hasn't got the backbone of a fishworm.

From West Wind Drift 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

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