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glow-worm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of glowworm.
    alt of glowworm
    • One device obtained great admiration: small lights were scattered on the ground, in some of the winding paths of turf, to emulate glow-worms. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 57–58:

Forms

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glow-worms Number=Plur lexicographic