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RINGKL/ˈrɪŋkl/

A wrinkle is a small fold in skin or cloth, or a small problem in a plan: iron out the wrinkles, a wrinkle in the timetable. Hitch is the problem twin; a missing spare is a hole, not a crease.

Meaning

A small fold in skin or cloth; also a small problem in a plan.

Examples

• “Call a missing spare a methods hole, not a wrinkle.”
• “Hitch is the problem twin. Crease is the cloth twin. A crease is small. An unnamed cell is cover. Write the name; then iron the cloth.”

Good to know

A small fold, or a small hitch. Problem twin: hitch. A missing spare is a hole, not a crease.

Near in meaning

hitch

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