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CRINKUM-CRANKUM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CRINKUM-CRANKUM is something full of twists and turns : a thing fancifully or excessively intricate and elaborate.
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crinkum-crankum, adv., n., & adj. meanings, etymology and more
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word crinkum-crankum, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions.
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Crinkum-crankum - World Wide Words
Crinkum-crankum, an old-fashioned semi-humorous word for elaborate decoration or detail, was once also low slang.
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crinkum-crankum
ˈcrinkum-ˈcrankum, n. (a.) Also crincum-crancum. A word applied playfully to anything full of twists and turns, or intricately or fancifully elaborated. Cf. gim-crack, knick-knack. In first quot. app. a meaningless euphemism (cf. prec.). In quot. 1761 = crinkle-crankle.[16.. Old Rime in Blount Law D...
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Crinkum-crankum - Word Genius
Crinkum-crankum is a noun meaning elaborate decoration or detail, or something with over-the-top decoration, or full of twists and turns.
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CRINKUM-CRANKUM Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Crinkum-crankum definition: a fanciful name for any object that is full of twists and turns. See examples of CRINKUM-CRANKUM used in a sentence.
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Crinkle crankle wall
A crinkle crankle wall, also known as a crinkum crankum, sinusoidal, serpentine, ribbon or wavy wall, is an unusual type of structural or garden wall built
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crinkum-crankum, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
'Jon Bee' Dict. of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, etc. 59: Crinkum crankum — a woman's misdoings, who is untrue to her deceased husband.
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CRINKUM-CRANKUM definition in American English
A fanciful name for any object that is full of twists and turns.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Crinkum Crankum Mountain Biking Trail - North Vancouver - Trailforks
Crinkum Crankum starts with a series of tight technical switch backs, then descends a number of steep and often slippery ramps. Thanks to Ol' Man Pete, ...
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Crinkum Crankum (Grose 1811 Dictionary) - Words from Old Books
A woman's commodity. See Spectator. Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose. Crimp * Crinkums. Nearby.
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Emmymade - I love this -- the word of the day is crinkum-crankum ...
I am living in a crinkum-crankum world replete with unexpected events & plot twists & surprises that are currently leading me into the Great Unknown.
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crankum
ˈcrankum [A humorous formation from crank n.2 Chiefly occurring in the combination crinkum-crankum q.v.] † 1. = crinkum. Obs.1661 K. W. Conf. Charac., Courtier (1860) 21 He gets the French cranckums, and so knows what it is to have a tenure in taile. 2. A twist, eccentric turn, crotchet, conceit.182...
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My Word!
the opening round consisted of obscure words for the panellists to define: examples ranged from such words as auscultation, bumblepuppy, cabless and crinkum-crankum
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thingum
thingum colloq. ? Obs. exc. dial. (ˈθɪŋəm) Also 9 thing'em. [f. thing n.1, with meaningless suffix.] = thingummy. (In first quot. in reduplicated form thingum thangum: cf. crinkum-crankum.)1680 Otway Atheist iv. i, With a deep Point Thingum Thangum over her Shoulders. 1681 T. Flatman Heraclitus Ride...
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