Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Crumpler
subs. (common).—1. A cravat.
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2. (acrobats’).—See quot.
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1874. G. A. LAWRENCE, Hagarene, ch. xxxviii. Pete knew how to fall as well as any acrobat, and thought no more of a common ‘CRUMPLER,’ than ordinary hunting folks do of a ‘peck’ or stumble.
