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cripple

/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ sustantivo B2

En español: lisiado, lisiada

  1. A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. (countable, uncountable) · He returned from war a cripple.
  2. A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)
  3. A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A rocky shallow in a stream. (countable, uncountable)

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.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 52 · B2
It is the more terrible as he is a poor little inoffensive cripple." Ferguson's gaunt features softened as he spoke of his boy.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 57 · B2

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