creped
Americanadjective
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having a texture that is lightly crinkled.
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covered in crepe fabric, as a sign of mourning.
Other Word Forms
- decreped adjective
Example Sentences
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The skin that covers them is creped and saggy.
From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2015
They creped their campus statue of Thomas Jefferson and inscribed it: "To the Memory of Jeffersonian Democracy and Religious Freedom in Virginia Died November 6, 1928."
From Time Magazine Archive
I had a cousin who was an actor and I saw him put on a beautiful beard with spirit-gum and creped hair once.
From Miss Pat at School by Ginther, Pemberton
If the slab rubber be creped and air-dried on the spot, the product is of satisfactory appearance, except that it is of low colour and may be streaked.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
Our guide was pleased to introduce us to the late Mr. Charles Pease, as done in paraffin, with creped hair and bright, shiny glass eyes.
From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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