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worm's food

worm's food 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 worm's food

What is worm's food the alternative form of?
Worm's food is the alternative form of worm food.

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