[f. CRIMP v.1]

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  1.  pl. Crimped tresses: cf. ‘curls.’ U.S.

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1883.  W. D. Howells, in Century Mag., XXV. 525/1. The Shaker sisters don’t wear crimps.

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1888.  Chicago Advance, 13 Dec. Crimps that had ceased to be crimpy.

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  † 2.  Phrase. To be in the crimps: see quot. Obs.

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1688.  Miége, French Dict., s.v., To be in the Crimps, or to be well set out in Clothes, être bien paré.

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