Obs. slang. Also 7 crinkom, 8 crinckam. Also GRINCOME, q.v. In pl. A name for the venereal disease.
1618. Hornby, Sco. Dronk., B 3.
| And some will haue his nose most rich bespred, | |
| With Pearles and Crinkoms mixt with crimson red. |
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Crinkums, the French Pox.
1708. Motteux, Rabelais, V. xxi. (1737), 96.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills, I. 147. The Old Queen has got the Crincums.
