Word: worming
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British rules of speech have retained some influence in the U.S., Mencken admits. But whereas most Briticisms rarely penetrate below U.S. "levels of cultural pretentions," Americanisms subversively invade the British proletariat via movies, magazines and comic-strips, then worm their insidious way up into the best society...
...only words spoken at the graveside came from a British Tommy: "Let the worm go to the worms...
...initialed German revolver leads them to suspect that an officer, who would have the information they seek, is hiding in disguise among their prisoners. Using their peasant shrewdness and stubborn ness against German craft and arrogance, and conducting an increasingly terrible battle against sleep, they set to work to worm the officer out of the group and the information out of the officer...
...worm-turning spirit spread to a crowd at a nearby station, who joined in the fun of tossing rocks to destroy signboards. When the train began to move again, the rebellious commuters clambered aboard-but at every stopping place they spread revolution and left behind a trail of mob-torn stations...
...worm-turned-dragon finally went too far: he set the train on fire. As the flames crept forward, the driver unhitched the engine, sped up the line for police...