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  • verb Present participle of crimp.

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Examples

  • In this installment, Noel and Julian share insights into the role music plays in their TV show and live stage performances, and we also learn about "crimping" -- the nonsensical, nerdy, embarassingly British dork-raps you'll see often in their hit BBC program.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Write that Major Sharpe is formally accusing His Majesty's Secretary of State at War of "crimping" - is that the right word, Major? '

    Sharpe's Regiment Cornwell, Bernard 1986

  • But then a year ago he could still call up the horror of the communal plunge at his earlier lodgings: the listening for other bathers, the dodging of shrouded ladies in "crimping" - pins, the cold wait on the landing, the reluctant descent into a blotchy tin bath, and the effort to identify one's soap and nail-brush among the promiscuous implements of ablution.

    Full Circle 1909

  • In this installment, Noel and Julian share insights into the role music plays in their TV show and live performances, and we also learn about "crimping" -- the nonsensical, nerdy, embarassingly British dork-raps you'll see often in their hit BBC comedy show.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The only cartridge that needs crimping is a hand gun as for rifle I wouldn’t.

    How Many Groups is Enough? 2009

  • The only cartridge that needs crimping is a hand gun as for rifle I wouldn’t.

    How Many Groups is Enough? 2009

  • "crimping" - pins, the cold wait on the landing, the reluctant descent into a blotchy tin bath, and the effort to identify one's soap and nail-brush among the promiscuous

    Full Circle 1909

  • "crimping" - pins, the cold wait on the landing, the reluctant descent into a blotchy tin bath, and the effort to identify one's soap and nail-brush among the promiscuous implements of ablution.

    Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton 1899

  • Now, what about this "crimping" issue WA-Mtn mentions ..

    Rifles of Interest: Remington Model 700 Custom Shop AWR II 2009

  • Now, what about this "crimping" issue WA-Mtn mentions ..

    Rifles of Interest: Remington Model 700 Custom Shop AWR II 2009

  • From the 1850s up through 1941, the business of “crimping” — a form of human trafficking referring to the capture and sale of able-bodied sailors to sea captains — was booming in the City of Roses.

    🧱 Stumbling back into the Old Portland Underground - Bridgeliner 2023

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