'crippler
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cripple (ˈkrɪpəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | offensive a person who is lame |
| 2. | offensive a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way: a mental cripple |
| 3. | dialect (US) a dense thicket, usually in marshy land |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to make a cripple of; disable |
| [Old English crypel; related to crēopan to | |
| 'crippler | |
| —n | |
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