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Definition of Lobworms
1. lobworm [n] - See also: lobworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobworms
Literary usage of Lobworms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1891)
"Now, according to Carpenter, the depth to which lobworms burrow is from 12 to 18
inches, and according to Johnston about two feet.1 Taking the higher of ..."
2. The Study of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1892)
"in the lobworms ... and some Nereids) and the lobworms which burrow and make
countless castings upon the flat sandy shores, or those which inhabit tubes of ..."
3. The Secrets of Angling by A. S. Moffat (1865)
"I took off the lobworms and set to my rod a white palmer- fly made of a large
... These three flies, with the help of the lobworms, serve to angle with all ..."
4. Angling in All Its Branches,: Reduced to a Complete Science: Being the by Samuel Taylor (1800)
"... nor with-any other bait but what is inferior to that you fifh with; as malt
grains, bran^ blood, parts of lobworms, and clay, all worked up together^ ..."
5. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Richard Le Gallienne (1897)
"... then the way to cleanse and scour them quickly is to put them all night in
water, if they be lobworms, and then put them into your bag with fennel. ..."
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