English (chiefly West Midlands) : nickname for a cripple or
hunchback, from English cromp, crump ‘bent’, ‘crooked’,
‘stooping’ (from Old English crumb). Compare Croom.
Americanized spelling of German Krump, the variant
Krumpp, or German and Dutch Kramp.
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