[f. prec.] One who or that which sprawls. Also spec. as a moth-name.
1832. J. Rennie, Consp. Butterfl. & Moths, 35. The Sprawler (Petasia Cassinea …) appears in October.
1839. Dickens, Nickleby, xxiii. Isn’t it enough to make a man crusty to see that little sprawler put up in the best business every night.
1880. [Mary Allan-Olney], New Virginians, II. 105. Half-a-dozen black little shiny sprawlers.
