adjective
adjective
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full of or littered with crumbs
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soft, like the inside of bread
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a variant spelling of crummy 1
Etymology
Origin of crumby
Example Sentences
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The only problem with crumby chicken is the silent b.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
The baked fake, which is anything but crumby, has risen to the occasion at the Cake International show.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023
The always-watchable Slate delivers moments of crumby charm, as when she wakes next to a ravaged box of cereal and nails the delivery: “You again?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
I try again the next week, only for the resulting loaf to somehow be simultaneously stodgy and crumby.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2020
It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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And the better the person, the crumbier the house is going to look.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2020
I knew this one girl, a couple of years ago, that was even crumbier than I was.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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