CRIMP (3)

crimp (3). Crimp, v.t. to procure seamen for a premium

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Crimp, n. 1. 1. A coal broker. De Foe.
2. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat.
3. 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
4. 4. Hair which has been crimped; — usually in pl.
5. 5. A game at cards. B. Jonson.
Boot crimp. See under Boot.