wormeryn.
/ˈwəːməri/ A place or container in which worms are kept.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > place for keeping other animals
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1952 Britannica Bk. Year 667/1 Wormery, a place for breeding worms.
1972 Daily Tel. 10 July 14 We kept a wormery and during our observations we found the worms had pulled leaves down under the soil.
1980 M. Drabble Middle Ground 129 She complained about the smell of the hamster and rabbits, and thought the wormery disgusting.
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n.1952- to draw one's legs after one
- to draw one's mind off
- to draw one's mind off from
- to draw one's pass
- to draw one's pen
- to draw one's quill
- to draw one's steel
- to draw oneself up, spring, etc, to attention
- to draw or hunt dry-foot
- to draw or hunt dryfoot
- to draw out
- to draw out in, into, at, or on length
- to draw out of the hat
- to draw out to a great, etc length
- to draw over
- to draw pig on pork
- to draw pig upon pork
- to draw pluck one's horns
- to draw pull in one's horns
- to draw pull the wool over a person's eyes
- to draw pull the wool over eyes
- to draw rein
- to draw sail
- to draw short and long
- to draw shrink one's horns