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Crimper

//ˈkɹɪmpɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
  2. 2
    a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who crimps when climbing.
  4. 4
    a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. wordnet
  5. 5
    A hairdresser. British
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  1. 6
    someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers wordnet
  2. 7
    A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
  3. 8
    Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
  4. 9
    A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
  5. 10
    An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
  6. 11
    A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
  7. 12
    A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

Etymology

From crimp + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the climbing hold, + -er (patient suffix).

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