angletwitch
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English angletwitche, angletwatche, from Old English angeltwiċċa, angeltweċċa, angeltwæċċa, angeltwiċċe (“fishing worm”),[1] equivalent to angle + twitch or angle + tweak.
Noun
[edit]angletwitch (plural angletwitches)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “angletwitch”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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