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  • proper noun UK, humorous Christmas

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Examples

  • Through Crimble, Gil got involved with a group of well-to-do bohemians who were setting up what would become the first proper Glastonbury festival.

    Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso in London 2010

  • I don't believe he convinced them - Stuart and Crimble, perhaps, but not Keppel and the others; certainly not Paitingi.

    Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

  • On one side of him was Keppel, in full fig of uniform dress coat and epaulette, with his best black cravat, looking sleepy and solemn; Stuart and I in the cleanest ducks we could find; Charlie Wade, Keppel's lieutenant; Paitingi Ali, very brave in a tunic of dark plaid trimmed with gold and with a great crimson sash, and Crimble, another of Brooke's lieutenants, who absolutely had a frock coat and fancy weskit.

    Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

  • Crimble assured me that, with a Siniawan crew, he could have destroyed half their force.

    The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

  • This had its effect; she took a rapid decision and turned persuasively to Crimble -- for whom, in like manner, there must have been something in

    The Outcry Henry James 1879

  • "Ah, the Despoilers!" said Crimble with strong expression.

    The Outcry Henry James 1879

  • I got one of those once. and I played the resulting acquisition to my benefactor, my Gran, after Crimble, to the accompaniment of much tutting and a mumbled, "If I'd thought you'd waste it on that awful rubbish, I'd have given you a jumper".

    Word Magazine - Comments 2008

  • Aimee Mann's "Another Drifter In The Smow" which was released the other year is quite excellent - some wonderfully inappropriate arrangements of Crimble tunes (a couple of which are resolutely Hawaian (? sp?) for no apparent reason) are great fun.

    Word Magazine - Comments Montecore 2008

  • I also ensure that "A Merry Jingle" by the Greedies is no my Crimble play list - half of Thin Lizzy and half of the Sex Pistols having a bit of a larff in a pub rocky way.

    Word Magazine - Comments Montecore 2008

  • I got one of those once. and I played the resulting acquisition to my benefactor, my Gran, after Crimble, to the accompaniment of much tutting and a mumbled, "If I'd thought you'd waste it on that awful rubbish, I'd have given you a jumper".

    Word Magazine - Comments 2008

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  • Christmas??

    July 20, 2015

  • Here, have a slice of Kris Kringle's Xmas Crumble.

    July 21, 2015