crimpy
Americanadjective
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having a crimped form or appearance.
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South Midland U.S. (of weather) cold and disagreeable.
Etymology
Origin of crimpy
Example Sentences
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Little pie with crimpy crust, Set it in the sun; Sugar it with powdered dust, And bake it till it's done.
From Child Songs of Cheer by Inglis, Antoinette
Her hair hung in a crimpy torrent to below her waist.
From Maida's Little Shop by Gillmore, Inez Haynes
Molly was six years old; a plump, roly-poly little girl with long, crimpy golden hair and great blue eyes.
From Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories by M. T. W.
Winter'll come on up that way and make the sleepin' crimpy.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack
A crimpy night followed, but an early patrol in the morning found the cattle snug in the dry, rank grasses which grew in the first bottoms of the creek.
From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy
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