Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small red worm, round, and having many legs, much like a hoglouse.

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Examples

  • In total, only about 250-300 SCs ever made the additional trans-Atlantic swim, and it's hard to say how many of those haven't succumbed to the tin-worm or the can't find a set of brake pads so I'll just park it-isms here in the U.S..

    Jalopnik 2009

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  • CDC definition-writer phoning it in again.

    July 26, 2022