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Crimple vs Scrimple - What's the difference?

crimple | scrimple |

As verbs the difference between crimple and scrimple

is that crimple is (archaic) to crumple, crimp while scrimple is to save money.

crimple

English

Verb

(crimpl)
  • (archaic) to crumple, crimp
  • *{{quote-book, year=1894, author=Robert Smythe Hichens, title=The Green Carnation, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Esme assented with a graceful bend of his crimpled head, and in a clear and deliberate voice began to speak. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1862, author=James R. Gilmore, title=Among the Pines, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape. }}

    scrimple

    English

    Verb

  • to save money
  • to scorch
  • to crumple or crinkle