Brrrrrrr - What I Learned Today at the Dan Moody Museum: Old Crimp?

In keeping with this year’s first real cold spell, this 1921 Taylor newspaper used the term “Old Crimp” in an advertisement for warm blankets. “Old Crimp” was a slang nickname for a hard freeze or a spell of sharp, biting cold. Early 20th-century newspapers, especially in the South, sometimes personified “Old Crimp” as a mischievous figure who “puts a crimp” in things — much like Jack Frost. Advertisers used the name to warn readers that winter was coming and to encourage them to stock up on warm goods.