crumplern.
1. One who crumples.
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1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 66 595 This crumpler-up and defier of empires.
2. A cravat. dialect.
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1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. iii. 23 If I see a boy make todo about the fit of his crumpler.
3. A fall by which man and horse are doubled up.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > fall from horse
plumper1810
voluntary1863
crumpler1883
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall
breakneck1563
plumper1810
purl1825
mucker1851
cropper1858
burster1863
smasher1875
crumpler1883
smeller1923
1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 3 A loaded shoulder [in a horse] means a crumpler over timber.
1887 H. Smart Cleverly Won iii. 20 The mare..would be more frightened by a crumpler than you would.
1891 Temple Bar Jan. 30 The brute broke away with me and came no end of a crumpler over a wire fence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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