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n. - Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil.

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  • "(James) Garfield has shown that he is not possessed of the backbone of an angleworm," said Ulysses S.
  • A man could even exhibit an angleworm in a bottle and call it the infant anaconda, and escape being lynched.
  • Joe climbed in, sat with his thighs stretched wide, knees over the rests, heels braced-not too comfortable as he was not angleworm-limber the way she was.
  • "If we only had a canoe up here what a great time we'd have fishing," said Josh, who was particularly fond of casting a fly for a trout or bass, and scorned to use the humble...
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