At one end of the table was fastened a crimper and a loading block.
"The Adventures of Bobby Orde"
Stewart Edward White
On either side were two companies of laundry-maids, preceded by the chief crimper and fluter, supporting a long Ancestral Line, on which depended the family linen, and under which the youthful lord of the manor passed into the halls of his fathers.
"Condensed Novels"
Bret Harte