[prob. f. CRIMP v.1] An obsolete game at cards.

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1632.  B. Jonson, Magn. Lady, II. i. Let her … Laugh and keep company at gleek or crimp.

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1689.  Shadwell, Bury F., I. i. Gallantry, mix’d now and then with Ombre, Crimp, Comet, or Incertain.

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1703.  Eng. Lady’s Catech., in J. Ashton, Soc. Life Q. Anne (1882), I. 91. Lost five Guineas at Crimp.

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1710.  Addison, Tatler, No. 250, ¶ 9. To find them about Midnight at Crimp and Basset.

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1867.  ‘Ouida,’ C. Castlemaine (1879), 3. Regretted the loss of ten guineas at crimp.

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  attrib.  1712.  Addison, Spect., No. 457, ¶ 3. The private Transactions of the Crimp Table.

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