hurple
(England) To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.
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(England) To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.
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(Scotland) An impediment similar to a limp.
After he sprained his ankle, he walked away with a hurple.
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