worm dirt
n.— «Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Dudley likes the “worm dirt,” another term for dipping.…He admits that at $8 a can, it’s an expensive habit.» —“Time as the enemy” by Kimberly Johnson in Mosul, Iraq USA Today Feb. 25, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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