crimps

It seemed to me that we might have kept on along the trail and had a mighty good time, getting more and more nimble and stopping now and then to bake a pie and have a decent meal, and putting up our hair in crimps at night, without worrying about other folks 'affairs.

Tish 1916

Amanda tells me too, that all day long they were pent up, up stairs, patient martyrs to 'crimps,' (Mr. Toby can't bear me in 'crimps' - says I look like the head of Medusa - horrid man!) - that the entire toilette was arranged.

A southern girl in '61 : the war-time memories of a Confederate senator's daughter, 1905

If you watch WTC-7 come down on video, it's collapse follows the usual pattern associated with demolition, as central interior columns are taken out first, the building 'crimps' or appears to fold in on itself, then comes down.

Misconceptions 2007

A race for longshore craft showed that the boarding-house "crimps" were as skillful at boatman's work as at inducing sailormen to desert their ships.

Great Sea Stories Various 1897

These "crimps" are land-sharks who get the sailors drunk when they can, and then rob them of their advance money.

Voyage of the Liberdade Joshua Slocum 1877

"crimps", who kept boarding-houses for the especial accommodation and concealment of seamen who either had deserted from their ships, or who, having been paid off, were anxious to find other employment without the risk of impressment while openly looking for it.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886

Such outsized red ink crimps economic growth by raising interest rates, lowering the value of the dollar and forcing big tax increases.

A primer on the debt-ceiling debate 2011

Such outsized red ink crimps economic growth by raising interest rates, lowering the value of the dollar and forcing big tax increases.

A primer on the debt-ceiling debate 2011

The U.S. said Monday it pulled its ambassador out of Damascus over concerns for his personal safety, a move that severely crimps the State Department's outreach to Syrians amid an ongoing crackdown on protests there.

U.S. Ambassador to Syria Leaves on Safety Threat Nour Malas 2011

While the last fiscal year gave shareholders a reason to rejoice, this fiscal year the payoffs are expected to be lower as the economy enters a turbulent patch amid deepening economic worries in some debt-trapped eurozone countries while the sustained rise in domestic interest rates crimps demand.

India Inc. Dividend Payouts Rise 12% in FY11 Despite Global Slowdown Anant Vijay Kala 2011