CRIMP,
as, To play Crimp, to lay or bet on one Side, and (by foul Play) to let the other win, having a Share of the Purchase.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Crimp in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).