The Collaborative International Dictionary
Creeple \Cree"ple\ (kr[=e]"p'l), n. [See Cripple.]
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A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs.]
There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.
--Morton (1632). -
One who is lame; a cripple. [Obs.]
Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is.
--Donne.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (obsolete form of cripple English) 2 (context obsolete UK dialect English) A creeping creature; a reptile.
Usage examples of "creeple".
In fact I was buying myself Fez and Milky Ways and Mad magazines and a Creeple Peeple-brand Deluxe Oven-and-Mold Set with six different colors of goo.
I'd lie in bed panicked during school hours amid piles of ill-gotten Mad magazines and Creeple Peeple figures and listen to the lonely handheld bells of the Salvation Army Santas on the street below and think of synonyms for dread and doom.