A tool, device, or person that crimps; especially a heated styling tool that creates waves or ridges.
From crimp + -er (agent noun or tool suffix), creating a standard English term for something that performs the crimping action.
The hair crimper became a 1980s phenomenon, but electricians also use crimpers to squeeze metal connectors onto wires—completely different fields, same mechanical principle.
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