Creeple

Related to Creeple: cripple, Cripple Creek

Cree´ple

(krē´p'l)

n.	1.	A creeping creature; a reptile. There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. - Morton (1632).
	2.	One who is lame; a cripple. Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is. - Donne.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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