night crawler

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

an earthworm.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.

It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.

It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.

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Origin of night crawler

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

regional variation note for night crawler

See earthworm.

Words nearby night crawler

night and day, night blindness, night bolt, night coach, night court, night crawler, night dancer, night editor, night fighter, night heron, night jasmine