Crippler. World English Historical Dictionary

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[f. CRIPPLE v. + -ER1.]

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  1.  One who or that which cripples.

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1648.  Earl Westmrld., Otia Sacra (1879), 166. His sounder feet with swathes he ties, And seems to goe in pain as far, As art can prove a Crippeler.

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1890.  The Voice (N.Y.), 21 Aug. A great crippler to the saloon power in … politics.

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  2.  (See quot.)

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1874.  Knight, Dict. Mech., Crippler, a board with a corrugated under-surface … used in boarding or graining leather.

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