CREEPY-CRAWLIES • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Creepy-crawlies

... looked very cosy indeed. Each one contained a stove, which at first we were able to keep well supplied, as it was possible to buy coal in addition to the ration, though latterly there was a considerable shortage. Mattresses were either spring or made of old straw, and sometimes contained little creepy-crawlies. My record evening catch numbered twenty-five, and this little collection afforded some exciting races. By the way, I might add that if one puts a match to them they go off "pop." The Germans rendered slight assistance, but the Keating's ...

— 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany • Gerald Featherstone Knight