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"You couldn't notice any pæans," said Hugh, "but several fellows were trying to chant proposals to her besides uncle E. Ginger! but you ought to see E.vira now, Miss E.lalie; she's all dimply and pink, and her hair isn't slick, like it used to be, though it isn't messy, either; it's kind of crimpled up high, some way, like you'd raveled out a brown silk dress and piled up the ravelings.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Various

Otis Oddbody wore a black derby over crimpled yellow hair, a horizontally-striped black-and-white shirt, and red suspenders attached to red pantaloons that were tucked into oversized black shoes.

Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just didn't want him getting killed and crimpled up.

CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2008 2008

It shares the grasp the spongy moss may take on the slippery surface, or when the root, thin as whipcord, of a certain fig-tree has crept across the face of the grey rock forming a ridge or barricade against which decayed vegetation accumulates, there the BAEA flourishes, displaying an indeterminate line of mauve flowers above oval, crimpled leaves.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

The life of a French bank note is said to average two or three years, and does not terminate until the condition is very shaky indeed -- crimpled, pierced with pinholes, corner creases torn, soft, tarnished, decrepit while yet young.

Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Various

The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Tears of disappointment would come in spite of myself, as I crept away to hide the poor, crimpled manuscript in the depths of my trunk.

The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career Lucy Maud 1917

The Harvester lifted the leaves and exposed the musky, crimpled, big mushrooms.

The Harvester 1911

Esmé assented with a graceful bend of his crimpled head, and in a clear and deliberate voice began to speak.

The Green Carnation Robert Smythe Hichens 1907