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food for the worms

food for the worms is the alternative form of worm food.

Meaning of worm food

Noun

worm food (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, often darkly humorous) One or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.
    • "Say, have ye a drug that will make worm's food of your enemy in an hour?"1830, J. Y. A. "The Powder Plot," The Olio Vol. 4, p. 246 (Google preview)
    Synonyms:
    dog meat, corpse, dead

Questions about food for the worms

What is food for the worms the alternative form of?
Food for the worms is the alternative form of worm food.

Words near food for the worms in the dictionary

  1. food fights
  2. food fish
  3. food fishes
  4. food for powder
  5. food for the gods
  6. food for the worms
  7. food for thought
  8. food for worms
  9. food fraud
  10. food frauds
  11. food garden

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