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Rarecripples
The correct spelling is cripples.
How to pronounce cripples
noun
Say it like: Cri-ppl-es
The correct spelling is cripples. (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. For example: "He returned from war a cripple."
Usage Examples
“He returned from war a cripple.”
Definition
noun
- 1.(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- 2.A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- 3.Scrapple.
- 4.(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
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