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angletouch

angletouch noun: earthworm.

Noun

angletouch (plural angletouches)

  1. (Wales, obsolete, rare, regional) Earthworm.
    • The lug is a worm resembling the tagworm or angletouch, and lying in the ooze somewhat deep from whence the women dig them up and sell them to the fishermen [...]1953, F.E. Halliday, Richard Carew of Antony, The Survey of Cornwall, page 119

Forms of angletouch

pluralangletouches

Origin of angletouch

Originating from the Welsh Gower dialect.

Questions about angletouch

What does angletouch mean?
Angletouch means earthworm.
What part of speech is angletouch?
Angletouch is a noun.
What is the plural of angletouch?
The plural of angletouch is angletouches.

Words near angletouch in the dictionary

  1. anglesites
  2. anglesmith
  3. anglesmiths
  4. Angleton
  5. Angleton grass
  6. angletouch
  7. angletwitch
  8. angletwitches
  9. Angleur
  10. anglewing
  11. anglewings

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