SPANISH WORM

Domain	Definition
Literature	Spanish Worm A nail concealed in a piece of wood, against which a carpenter jars his saw or chisel. So called from Spanish woods used in cabinet-work. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	SPANISH WORM. A nail: so called by carpenters when they meet with one in a board they are sawing. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Anagrams: SPANISH WORM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-s-w"
	-2 letters: aphorisms, shipworms, spanworms.
	-3 letters: aphorism, morphias, morphins, pinworms, prosaism, rampions, shipworm, spanworm, swampish, warisons, warships, womanish, worships.
	-4 letters: arshins, hansoms, harmins, harpins, impawns, inwraps, mishaps, mohairs, morphia, morphin, orphans, parsons, passion, pawnors, pinworm, porisms, prisons, rampion, ramsons, ransoms, raspish, ripsaws, rompish, shairns, shamois, shipman, shopman, shorans, showman, shrimps, siphons, sonship, sophism, soprani, spinors.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-s-w"
	+1 letter: workmanships.
	+2 letters: swordsmanship.
	+3 letters: swordsmanships.
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