Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crimping house

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
crimp-ing -house
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (usually low-rise) building into which men were decoyed and plied with alcoholic drink to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

crimping houses (plural) crimp house (alternative) crimping-house (alternative)

Phrases

press-gang

Frequently Paired Words

impressment press-gang

Questions

What does crimping house mean?
A (usually low-rise) building into which men were decoyed and plied with alcoholic drink to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.

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