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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The morning was crimpy cold, but the horses warmed to the work, and covered the two miles to the bend before the sun even streaked the east.
From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy
She has a knot of soft, crimpy, brown hair with a thread of gray in it, a sunny face with rosy cheeks, and big, kind eyes as blue as forget-me-nots.
From Anne of the Island by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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
"Well, he was tall and very straight, and had small ears and—er—a fairish mustache that was brushed up a little away from his lips, and—and cat's eyes, and—brown, crimpy hair, getting a little gray."
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Glyn, Elinor
Her hair hung in a crimpy torrent to below her waist.
From Maida's Little Shop by Gillmore, Inez Haynes
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