The Only Use of
tapeworm
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- 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
Definition:
long ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates