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rock worm Mining, Slang 
a tunnel-worker; tunneller; also, sometimes, a driller.
See also: rock-hog
- 1918 Vein sampling engineers, grubstakers, rock-worms, mine captains, prospectors and agents in coats of "astrachan goose" . . . strut about and add to their kit, each man jack of them probably thinking he has a "nose for ore" and inside information.
- 1918 Vein sampling engineers, grubstakers, rock-worms, mine captains, prospectors and agents in coats of "astrachan goose" . . . strut about and add to their kit, each man jack of them probably thinking he has a "nose for ore" and inside information.