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Definition of Lugworms
1. lugworm [n] - See also: lugworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lugworms
Literary usage of Lugworms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Useful Knowledge: Or, A Familiar Account of the Various Productions of by William Bingley (1821)
"The baits are lugworms, and muscles, whelks, or other shell-fish. The shoals of
whiting, which approach within two or three miles of ..."
2. Arenicola: The Lug-worm by James Hartley Ashworth (1904)
"lugworms are used for baiting both long and short lines, the custom varying in
different localities. On the Cheshire coast at New Brighton, at Piel, ..."
3. Report on the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries at the University of Liverpool, and by University of Liverpool, Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory, University of Liverpool Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory (1904)
"Both in Aberdeen district and in the Firth of Forth the order of preference seems
to be lugworms, clams, mussels. On the Lancashire coast'and in other parts ..."
4. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe, Henry William Gore Booth (1895)
"lugworms can be kept for some time in a cool place in a box of wet sand or seaweed,
but it is very necessary to look them over daily ..."
5. Fishing by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1904)
"For catching these flat-fish a light rod and fine gut tackle is the best
combination ; and for bait either lugworms or mussels. The lug- worms are either to ..."
6. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1854)
"lugworms also require great nicety in the baiting, and unless the hooks are ...
By adopting this plan in baiting lugworms, we have taken quantities of fish ..."
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