Crimple vs Scrimple - What's the difference?
crimple | scrimple |
(archaic) to crumple, crimp
*{{quote-book, year=1894, author=Robert Smythe Hichens, title=The Green Carnation, chapter=, edition=
, 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=
, passage=The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape. }}
As verbs the difference between crimple and scrimple
is that crimple is (archaic) to crumple, crimp while scrimple is to save money.crimple
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