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night crawler

American  

noun

Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

  1. an earthworm.

Regionalisms

See earthworm.

Etymology

Origin of night crawler

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

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He explored Medicare Beach concentrating on water 21 feet deep water using a spinner and a night crawler trolling and still fishing with lead on the bottom and two hooks baited with crawlers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2012

There was also the problem of them putting the odd item they found in the dust into their mouths; I saved the lives of a couple of beetles and a disoriented night crawler that way.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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