lobworm

American  

[lob-wurm] / ˈlɒbˌwɜrm /

noun

1. the lugworm.

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lobworm British  

/ ˈlɒbˌwɜːm /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: lob.  another name for lugworm

2. a large earthworm used as bait in fishing

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Etymology

Origin of lobworm

1645–55; dial. lob, earlier lobbe originally, something pendulous ( lob ¹ ) + worm

Example Sentences

I am not certain, however, whether the badger trembled out of gratitude for the lobworm or out of rage and disgust at being confined in a cage.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur

Finding a large lobworm, I picked it up and gave it to one of them.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur

But winter hastens at summer's end, And firefly, hedge-shrew, lobworm, pray, How fare they?

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

The bee with his comb, The mouse at her dray, The grub in his tomb, While winter away; But the firefly and hedge-shrew and lobworm, I pray,5 How fare they?

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

A large lobworm, however, as every one knows, is a very attractive bait for any kind of fresh-water fish except pike.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur