cripple
/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ noun B2- A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. · He returned from war a cripple.
- A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
- A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- A rocky shallow in a stream.
Plural cripples
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It is evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have had a mere pittance, while even one of them would cripple him to a very serious extent.
It is the more terrible as he is a poor little inoffensive cripple." Ferguson's gaunt features softened as he spoke of his boy.
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