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crinkum-crankum
(crinkum-crankum)
Pronunciation:
/krɪŋkəmˈkraŋkəm/
noun
[
mass noun
]
archaic
elaborate decoration or detail.
Origin:
mid 17th century
: fanciful reduplication of the nouns
crank
1
and
crank
2
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