lob-wormn.
/ˈlɒbwəːm/, U.S. /ˈlɑbwərm/ a. A large earthworm used for bait by anglers.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs
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1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 7 I baited my hook with two Lob-worms.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 94 For the Trout the Dew-worm (which some also call the Lob-worm) and the Brandling are the chief. View more context for this quotation
1718 G. Jacob Compl. Sportsman 119 The Lob or Garden-Worm well scoured is the only Bait.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 24 The large roach will..take the tail of a lob-worm sufficiently ravenously.
b. The lug-worm n. ( Arenicola marina).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > suborder Scoleciformia > family Arenicolidae > member of (lug-worms)
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1854 Eng. Cycl., Nat. Hist. I. 295 Arenicola piscatorum, the Lob or Lug-Worm.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 71/1 All round the British and many other coasts the lob-worm (Arenicola marina) is used for bait.
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