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lugworm (n.)
c. 1600, from
lug
, probably a Celtic word (the first recorded use is in a Cornwall context) unrelated to
lug
(n.) or
lug
(v.) +
worm
. But OED suggests connection with
lug
(v.) on the notion of "heavy, clumsy."
