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Thesaurus: creeple

A creeping creature; a reptile.

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  1. n. A creeping creature; a reptile.
  2. n. One who is lame; a cripple.
  3. 1. A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs.] 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. [Obs.] Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is. Donne.