Where does “crawlies” come from?

crawlies (English) comes from English creepy-crawlies — plural of creepy-crawly.

crawlies (English): fear, anxiety

Definitions

  1. fear, anxiety

Ancestry of “crawlies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcreepy-crawliesplural of creepy-crawly
Every word from English creepy-crawlies