And his pegleg got woodworm and broke into three.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pressed rat, Warthog and the hapax] Reference

"Would you like me to see if there is anything else which has woodworm?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

It will spread to other pieces of furniture, till they too are full of woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

Leaning at the main door of the farm you saw behind you the coming of the woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arnold de Vos] Reference

No one would be able to tiptoe up there without him and the woodworm knowing about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mortal Causes]

Pingback by DIY Fancy Dress ideas!! .. and a PS on woodworm | hilpers — January 18, 2009 @ 2: 24 pm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Halloween Habiliments] Reference

Bill, he explained, was a woodworm inspector, a woodworm inspector of the greatest expertise and probity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

"That very beautiful china cabinet, full of all those very beautiful china pieces, I notice it has woodworm.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

The antiques dealer comes round and offers to buy any furniture that has woodworm and proceeds to find lots of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

And every time he found woodworm in a piece of furniture he laid down banknotes on it, as if this would remove the infestation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

"The woodworm will permeate the floor," he said very slowly, drawing out every syllable, "and when it has permeated the floor ...".    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

They own helicopters and submarines and they can afford to spread the woodworm of corruption through poor countries, right to the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Obama Must End the War on Drugs -- or Mexico and Afghanistan Will Collapse] Reference

Inside, the building smelt of stone and woodworm and something as heavy as incense but not incense; I decided later it had to be hashish.    From Wordnik.com.  [O Jerusalem]

No one looked at his neighbors; everyone stared down at the floor with the fixed and steadfast gaze of an entomologist hunting for traces of woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice Station Zebra]

She would not recognize woodworm or termites unless a rafter actually fell on her, she thought, but it seemed polite to behave as though she were paying attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

That was the first thing she noticed; none of the signs of neglect that she had expected, no stains on walls or ceilings betraying leaks, no cracks, no rot or woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates Of Sleep]

The woodworm were too widespread; to get rid of them I'd have needed a fleet of light aircraft to spray the house with Agent Orange – or whatever they use these days.    From Wordnik.com.  [NO-HO - Nov. 20: Absurdity Day] Reference

It had patches of woodworm but went like the wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Pretty much all ancient houses and churches have some woodworm damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [sweasel.com] Reference

Allkare Have The Solution to rising damp, woodworm, waterproofing basement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ultimi bookmark postati su Segnalo] Reference

Dannemarie, a series of brown, woodworm-like tracings on the ground -- the trenches!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun] Reference

The soundboard also has a woodworm hole, but it looks very old and I don't think it's anything to worry about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

The discovery of woodworm in the rafters means they are too scared to use the top floor, and there are fears it may have spread.    From Wordnik.com.  [RTÉ News] Reference

Conservationists however discovered that moths were still causing problems and there were a few isolated sources of suspected woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [EDP24 News]

Think of all that woodworm permeating the house and then ... boom boom! ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

And when all your furniture, all your beautiful, beautiful furniture is full of woodworm ... ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

Laurel’s lute is jeopardized when a woodworm named Turkawee eats its way into the instrument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

If they're only big enough for a pin, it's woodworm -- furniture beetle, that is, "I said, as I'd been taught.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

He said it had woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

It's got bloody woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Sword]

Or has he just got woodworm? '.    From Wordnik.com.  [See Delphi and Die]

They also forgot the woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Match the Kinds - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Like an infestation of woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strip Jack]

The love of a woodworm!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti] Reference

A woodworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829)] Reference

"It's got woodworm in several places.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

There was woodworm there ... and there ... and there ... and, oh what a shame ... here too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]