Meaning of cockworm | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of large marine worm, Arenicola cristata, used for fishing bait.

Examples

“A light⟳ glass rod is best, and for bait the Bone seems to like⟳, more than any thing, the Green or Cock worm.”

“After my second illness, being too old for “piggy-back rides”, I generally sat in 'Resting Nuke' on a seat naturally formed in a low branch of a cedar, watching relatives down in the bay with pitchforks furiously digging out long black slithery "cockworms" from the muddy sands of Sinky Bay.”

“Old-timers will say⟳ that you have⟳ to use⟳ cockworms, but while the use⟳ of bait might be preferable to any artificial lures, bonefish will definitely take⟳ bits of fish⟳ or shrimp and the good old standby, a piece of squid, will also elicit a bite⟳ from the grey ghost.”

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