angleworm

[ ang-guhl-wurm ]

noun

, Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

1. an earthworm, as used for bait in angling.

angleworm

/ ˈæŋɡəlˌwɜːm /

noun

1. an earthworm used as bait by anglers

Word History and Origins

Origin of angleworm¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; angle ² + worm

Example Sentences

The Civil War hero Ulysses Grant dismissed Republican James Garfield for lacking “the backbone of an angleworm.”

From The Daily Beast

He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.

From Project Gutenberg

Don't waste your valuable time looking for the biggest angleworm in the garden!

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Tackle and Lure—The black bass will take any lure from the artificial fly to the plebeian angleworm.

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We have all known him well from boyhood by several names—angleworm, fishworm, earthworm.

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Then, picking up a sharp stick, she resolutely set to work to unearth an angleworm.

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