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dew-worm

[doo-wurm, dyoo-]
–noun Chiefly Inland North and Canadian.
the common earthworm.
Also, dew worm.


Origin:
bef. 1000; OE dēaw-wyrm (not recorded in ME); see dew, worm


See earthworm.
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dew-worm also dew worm   (dōō'wûrm', dyōō'-)
n.  An earthworm found on or near the surface of the ground and used as fishing bait.
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