potato tuberworm

[ too-ber-wurm, tyoo- ]

/ ˈtu bərˌwɜrm, ˈtyu- /

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noun

the larva of the potato moth.

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Origin of potato tuberworm

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; tuber¹ + worm

Most of the vendors were, like this woman, honorary Jews for the night, not that Jews have a monopoly on potato pancakes.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Esther Choi of Mokbar said she has made Korean potato pancakes called gam ja jun, and Charles Rodriguez of PRINT.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She came to the Latke Festival because she loved any dish so based around the potato.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I think as the ubiquity of French fries prove, everyone loves a crispy fried potato,” he said in an email.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

More clumsily, fireworks stand in for the Big Bang and a potato and peas are invoked to explain relativity.
Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Potato is planted very sparingly south of Piedmont, and not so commonly there as in Savoy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Wheat gives place to Rye about the same time, and the Potato, at first comparatively rare, becomes universal.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
His steps led him now not to the beach, but to the Cemetery of Rocklington, amid the potato-fields.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
All at once there came running through the potato field a black and white dog.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum