The Only Use
tapeworm
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- His appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus: "Reckon he's got a tapeworm?"
p. 131.2tapeworm = parasitic worm in the intestines
Definitions:
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(1)
(tapeworm) long ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)