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Definition of crimp:

(adj) : easily crumbled; friable; brittle; weak; inconsistent; contradictory
(n) : a fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts; a coal broker. [Provincial England]
"the strap was held together by a simple metal crimp."
(v) : to fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened; to style hair into a crimp
"he crimped the wire in place."
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website design charlotte.
Definition of crimp:

(adj) : easily crumbled; friable; brittle; weak; inconsistent; contradictory
(n) : a fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts; a coal broker. [Provincial England]
"the strap was held together by a simple metal crimp."
(v) : to fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened; to style hair into a crimp
"he crimped the wire in place."

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