Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small red worm, round, and having many legs, much like a hoglouse.
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In total, only about 250-300 SCs ever made the additional trans-Atlantic swim, and it's hard to say how many of those haven't succumbed to the tin-worm or the can't find a set of brake pads so I'll just park it-isms here in the U.S..
Jalopnik 2009
bilby commented on the word tin-worm
CDC definition-writer phoning it in again.
July 26, 2022