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worm food

worm food noun: one or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.

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)
    • At a state clemency board hearing earlier this month, a prosecutor said that Mr. Parker once joked that he had turned the Warrens into "worm food."1996 May 29, Kevin Sack, “Awaiting Execution, And Finding Buddha”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Jun 2015
    Synonyms:
    dog meat, corpse, dead

Synonyms of worm food

Forms of worm food

alternative formfood for worms
alternative formworm-food
alternative formworm's food
alternative formwormfood

Questions about worm food

What does worm food mean?
Worm food means one or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.
What part of speech is worm food?
Worm food is a noun.

Words near worm food in the dictionary

  1. worm drives
  2. worm fence
  3. worm fences
  4. worm fever
  5. worm fevers
  6. worm food
  7. worm gear
  8. worm gears
  9. worm has turned
  10. worm in the apple
  11. worm lizard

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