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angledog

angledog noun: an earthworm.

Noun

angledog (plural angledogs)

  1. (New-England, dated, dialectal) An earthworm.

Forms of angledog

pluralangledogs

Origin of angledog

From angle (“to fish; fishhook”) + dog.

Questions about angledog

What does angledog mean?
Angledog means an earthworm.
What part of speech is angledog?
Angledog is a noun.
What is the plural of angledog?
The plural of angledog is angledogs.

Words near angledog in the dictionary

  1. anglecized
  2. angled
  3. angled for
  4. angled for farthings
  5. Angledale
  6. angledog
  7. angledogs
  8. Angledool
  9. angledozer
  10. angledozers
  11. anglefraud

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