crimper
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Definition
- Noun:
- A mechanical device for curling hair: A crimper is a cylindrical tool, often heated, around which hair is wound to create curls or waves.
- A person who forcibly recruits others: A crimper is someone who tricks or coerces men into service, historically as sailors or soldiers.
Examples
- Noun (Hair tool):
- She used a crimper to create tight waves in her hair for the party.
- The salon offers a variety of styling options, including the use of a crimper for textured looks.
- Noun (Person):
- In the 18th century, a crimper might drug a man and deliver him to a naval ship.
- The authorities were warned about a crimper operating near the docks.
Advanced Usage
- Historical Context: The term "crimper" for a recruiter is largely historical and carries a negative connotation of deceit and impressment.
- Tales of crimpers preying on unsuspecting youths are a dark part of maritime history.
Variants and Related Words
- Crimp (verb): To press into small, regular folds or ridges; to style hair with a crimper; to hinder or restrict.
- She decided to crimp her hair for a change.
- The new regulations could crimp our plans.
- Crimping Iron (noun): Another term for the hair styling tool.
- She bought a new crimping iron.
Synonyms
- For the tool: Curling iron, waver, hair waver.
- For the person: Shanghaier, press-gang agent, recruiter (specifically a deceitful one).
Related Phrases
- To be crimped: To have been tricked or forced into service.
- Many sailors claimed they had been crimped.
- To put a crimp in something: To hinder or restrict something (derived from the verb 'crimp').
- The bad weather put a crimp in our picnic plans.
Noun
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers