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cripples

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. 1.(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
  2. 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. 3.Scrapple.
  4. 4.(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.

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