angleworm

• angle worm, angle-worm

angle +‎ worm

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəlˌwɜɹm/

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angleworm (plural angleworms)

1. (Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
   • XIX c., Emily Dickinson, A Bird came down the Walk —

     A Bird came down the Walk —

     He did not know I saw —

     He bit an Angleworm in halves

     And ate the fellow, raw

   • 1898, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Precipitate Cock and the Unappreciated Pearl

     He turned again to where his clan

     In one astounding tangle

     With eager haste together ran

     To slay the helpless angle

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• Low German, lawmonger