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Crimple

//ˈkɹɪmpəl// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An outer suburb of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3253).
Verb
  1. 1
    to crumple, crimp archaic

    "Esme assented with a graceful bend of his crimpled head, and in a clear and deliberate voice began to speak."

Etymology

From Middle English crymplen, equivalent to crimp + -le (frequentative suffix).

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