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creepy-crawly, a.
That creeps and crawls. Also transf. and fig., sneaking, servile; (of feelings, etc.) full of eerie or uncanny suggestion; of or pertaining to creeping or crawling insects. Also as n. (chiefly pl.), such an insect, animal, etc.; a creepy-crawly feeling.
1858C. M. Yonge Christmas Mummers iv. 37 The pink scarf came back in his mind, as clear..as if the silver creepey-crawleys and long-barbed flowers had all arranged themselves into the letters thief. 1861J. Pycroft Agony Point ix. (1862) 99 Ride and drive! yes,—creepy crawly! creepy crawly! 1890F. W. Robinson Very Strange Family 85 ‘You and that creepy-crawley lawyer.’ 1891‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin vii. iii, I'm ever so hungry, and there's cold creepy-crawlies running up my legs. a1893Mod. A creepy-crawly feeling came over me. 1902Daily Chron. 5 Dec. 4/5 The creepy-crawly atmosphere of ‘Wuthering Heights’. 1907Ibid. 1 Apr. 4/4 His way is mostly the creepy-crawly way... There's nothing heroic, or splendid, or even dignified, about his methods. 1909G. B. Shaw Let. 14 Apr. (1956) 152 We..are back again in Algeria, but under creepy-crawly circumstances... We are in a frightful place. 1923D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo vi. 133 She had puppies—four darling queer little things—tiny little creepy-crawlies. 1960Woman 5 Mar. 29/2 Mice, spiders, moths and other creepy-crawlies. 1966Auden About House 24 The lair, maybe, Of creepy-crawlies or a ghost. |