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n. - Terrestrial elongated soft-bodied animal that burrows into and helps aerate soil.

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Usage examples (4)
  • If you are, I got some fishworm oil that's jest the thing to limber up yer joints.
  • "I'm not going to be a performer," he said, with a wry smile at the thought of "fishworm oil."
  • Two of the three men who had remained on board of the schooner were now prisoners; and Sopsy was considered as harmless as a fishworm.
  • Why, that fat little fishworm of a
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