cripn.
U.S. colloquial.
= cripple n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person
cripplec950
lameOE
maimed1340
halterc1440
maima1500
maim?a1500
Vulcan1600
lamester1639
limpard1653
vulcanist1656
lameter1823
gammy1893
hoppy1904
crip1918
gimp1925
1918 ‘A–No. 1’ Mother Delcasse of Hoboes & Other Stories 43 Straight crip, actually crippled or otherwise afflicted. Phoney crip, self-mutilated or simulating a deformity.
1918 ‘A–No. 1’ Mother Delcasse of Hoboes & Other Stories 84 Going to play the ‘phoney crip’ act for a spell, Dallas Bob?
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §120/2 Crip, a crippled animal.
1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees viii. 62 He only loved people, he thought, who had fought or been mutilated... So I'm a sucker for crips, he thought.
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