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crimpy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɹɪmpi/

Etymology

From crimp + -y.

Meanings

1. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly.
   • Whenever the Bobbies heard my step on the long outside stair, every body electrified. Tongues drew in, ears squared, noses lifted. The peer from all the eyes under all the bangs of crimpy hair concentrated into one enormous “looking,” riveted upon the turning of the stair where I would first show. 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts:
   • the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep
   • “I can't see if you do that,” Margaret said, disengaging the earpiece of her glasses and a clump of her red, crimpy hair from the baby's fist […]. 2006, Deborah Eisenberg, “Some Other, Better Otto”, in Jeffrey Eugenides, editor, My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro, HarperCollins, published 2008, page 164:
2. Involving crimping

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