nightcrawler

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Expect your online revenue stream to dry up like a nightcrawler on a hot sidewalk.

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  1. 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.

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  1. 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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  • Expect your online revenue stream to dry up like a nightcrawler on a hot sidewalk. —  StraightUpSearch
  • While some of her friends might not be able to do some of the things she does, such as skin animals, handle dead animals or even bait a hook with a nightcrawler, those things don't bother her at all. —  daytondailynews.com - News
  • I started a worm bin in the house with red wrigglers (and a stray nightcrawler or two) using those plastic drawers from Walmart. —  Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles
  • Mark Taylor of Somerset in England suspected he had a virus or worm of some kind when his notebook began to overheat and malfunction, with the message the fan had malfunctioned; he was literally correct, sort of; the worm was a common nightcrawler, about 12cm long, and had wrapped itself around the fan, and was well done by the time it was discovered. —  Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News
  • Use a jig and plastic twister with half a nightcrawler. —  News from www.pantagraph.com
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