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crinkle-crankle

crinkle-crankle adjective: of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves.

crinkle-crankle: of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves
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Adjective

crinkle-crankle (not comparable)

  1. Of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves.

Noun

crinkle-crankle (plural crinkle-crankles)

  1. A curve or twist.

Forms of crinkle-crankle

Adjective
alternative formcringle-crangle
Noun
pluralcrinkle-crankles

Questions about crinkle-crankle

What does crinkle-crankle mean?
Crinkle-crankle means of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves.
What part of speech is crinkle-crankle?
Crinkle-crankle can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near crinkle-crankle in the dictionary

  1. crinière
  2. CRINK
  3. crinkle
  4. crinkle critter
  5. crinkle critters
  6. crinkle-crankle
  7. crinkle-crankles
  8. crinkle-cut
  9. crinkle-leaved poison
  10. crinkle-patterned
  11. crinkleawn

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