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• The memory of my youthful Sundays is fragrant with wintergreens, black birch, and crinkle-root, to say nothing of the harvest apples that grew in our neighbor's orchard; and the memory of my Sundays in later years is fragrant with arbutus, and the showy orchid, and wild strawberries, and touched with the sanctity of woodland walks and hilltops. —  Our Friend John Burroughs
• The woods have been greatly mutilated in which they used to loiter on the way to school and gather crinkle-root to eat with their lunches,—though they usually ate it all up before lunch-time came, he said. —  Our Friend John Burroughs
• His ebony skin was just starting to crinkle, with his hair greying and thinning. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
• Having removed the offending spot, he raised his eyes to hers and smiled that devastating crinkle-eyed smile that quite made her stomach do a little jump as she smiled back The incident lasted but a moment, but when Felicity looked back at her visitors, she saw a look of disdain on the lady's face, one of a pale-eyed blank-ness on the gentleman's.
• The crinkle-crinkle sounds I heard were made by a wadge of US dollars in my trouser pocket. —  Jade Woman - Jonathan Gash - Lovejoy 12

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