(chiefly in Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. dialect)
an earthworm, as used for bait in angling
Word origin
[1825–35, Amer.; angle2 + worm]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, electrolyte, individualism, relativity, spiritualism