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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large earthworms that dig deep burrows in the ground and emerge at night. They are often used as fish bait.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; an earthworm. It often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet, and is used as bait by anglers. The term is used mostly in the northern and western U. S.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size andnocturnal surfacings - noun Western US More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in
angling
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
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Examples
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Based on my experience, I can catch 3x as many largemouth on a nightcrawler than anything else.
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Based on my experience, I can catch 3x as many largemouth on a nightcrawler than anything else.
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Went on many a nightcrawler hunt when we were kids.
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Out here in AZ, it's difficult to find good nightcrawler grounds.
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Went on many a nightcrawler hunt when we were kids.
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The night before a fishing trip we go out nightcrawler hunting.
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I was fishing with a nightcrawler on a single hook with a two foot leader and a swivel connecting to my main line.
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I was fishing with a nightcrawler on a single hook with a two foot leader and a swivel connecting to my main line.
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Out here in AZ, it's difficult to find good nightcrawler grounds.
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The night before a fishing trip we go out nightcrawler hunting.
tbtabby commented on the word nightcrawler
In spy lingo, a talent spotter who hangs out in nightclubs, bars and other seedy places, looking for government employees who can be plied with booze, drugs, sex, or blackmail into becoming spies.
August 26, 2009