Definition of Fishworms

1. fishworm [n] - See also: fishworm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishworms

fishtail palm
fishtailed
fishtailing
fishtails
fishtank
fishtanks
fishway
fishways
fishwich
fishwiches
fishwife
fishwives
fishwoman
fishwomen
fishworm
fishworms (current term)
fishy
fishy wishies
fishy wishy
fisk
fisked
fisking
fisks
fisnomie
fisnomies
fissate
fissgig
fissgigs
fissidentate
fissigemmation

Literary usage of Fishworms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Phelps and His Teachers by Dan Voorhees Stephens (1902)
"The association of fishworms with a delightful sport made Phelps feel like a new ... Oh my! but 1 just about died thinkin' how they looked like fishworms. ..."

2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1906)
"BOYS' COMPOSITIONS ON CATS. COMPOSITION I. ATS is an insect what has no wings and has a long tail. It looks like fishworms, ..."

3. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"... or fishworms are not abundant in this region. The country about the lake is ... boys of the village are the ones who make most use of fishworms in their ..."

4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
""I catch shiners with fishworms, and bait the perch with them." " You 'd better go now, John," said his wife, with glistening and hopeful face; ..."

5. Social Life in Old New England by Mary Caroline Crawford (1915)
"... one qrt fishworms washed clean, one pound hog's lard stewed together, filtered through a strainer & add half- pint oil turpentine, half pint good brandy ..."

6. Dynamic Psychology, by Robert Sessions Woodworth by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1918)
"minnows, but at the time of the experiment in question their food was changed to fishworms. Minnows were placed from time to time, and later left all the ..."

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