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Yes, crimp is playable

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"Crimp" Definition

noun

A crease or bend.
A person who tricks or coerces others into service as sailors or soldiers.
A series of curls, as of wool fibers.
An obstructing or hampering agent or force: Rising interest rates put a crimp in new home construction.
Hair that has been tightly curled or waved.

verb-transitive

To bend or mold (leather) into shape.
To cause (hair) to form tight curls or waves.
To have a hampering or obstructive effect on: Supplies of foreign oil were crimped by the embargo.
To press or pinch into small regular folds or ridges: crimp a pie crust.
To procure (sailors or soldiers) by trickery or coercion.

verb

to cause to become wavy, bent, or pinched as.
To form (leather) into a desired shape.
To give (synthetic fibers) a curl or wave like that of natural fibers.
To pinch or press together (as the margins of a pie crust) in order to seal .
To be an inhibiting or restraining influence on .

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