Worms
Americannoun
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a city in E Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
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Diet of, the council, or diet, held here (1521) at which Luther was condemned as a heretic.
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Example Sentences
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She said they were unable to safely drink the flood water because they could be swept away and their main food source, worms, have been flattened or dried out by the rain.
From BBC
“If I’m digging fishing worms, he’ll start digging holes in the ground. He tries to do everything I do.”
From Literature
I smiled and said, “No. I’ve tried to get him to do that, but he won’t have anything to do with worms.”
From Literature
Sometimes it would take me down to the river bottoms with Rowdy, chasing rabbits; or back in the hills messing around; or sitting on the river bank with a fishing pole and a can of worms.
From Literature
Mard was stirring a bubbling pot of sludge with one hand, the other hand full of wriggling worms.
From Literature
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