Where does the phrase stuck in your crawl come?

Answer 1

Crawl: Another misspelling or mispronunciation of the word 'Craw' referring to the throat of a bird. Feathers getting stuck in the craw is the origin when preening itself. Its a term for something that sticks in the throat.

The unadulterated version is when talking about something that you have always found bad or distasteful as 'that really sticks in my craw'.

'Crawl' may be a colloquialism or a regional variant of craw.

Answer 2

If you mean 'stick in your craw' the phrase is of obscure origin. Craw can mean the crop of a bird or the stomach of an animal. There is an old English word 'crawe' which may refer to throat or conscience. This English word may have been adopted from an earlier word 'craeg', possibly meaning throat