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crimpy

[krim-pee] / ˈkrɪm pi /


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Winter'll come on up that way and make the sleepin' crimpy.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London

Her hair hung in a crimpy torrent to below her waist.

From Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore

I could expect "crimpy" weather, and every moment of delay increased the frigid hardships of the journey.

From The Road by Jack London

"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 Elinor Glyn

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 L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery




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