a. That creeps and crawls.
1853. Bell’s Life in Sydney, 3 Sept., 1/2. She was afflicted with what old ladies term ‘a creepy, crawly feel.’
1861. J. Pycroft, Agony Point, I. ix. 145. Ride and drive! yes,—creepy crawly! creepy crawly!
1890. F. W. Robinson, Very Strange Family, 85. ‘You and that creepy crawley-lawyer.’
Mod. A creepy-crawly feeling came over me.
