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crumblings

American  
[kruhm-blingz] / ˈkrʌm blɪŋz /

plural noun

  1. crumbs; crumbled bits.


Etymology

Origin of crumblings

crumble + -ing 1 + -s 3


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This is the kind of couple that saves their crumblings for behind closed doors in an effort to maintain their bragging rights.

From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2022

In them I searched for crumblings of my cakes, and found a good many, so that I was not that ill off.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

They are found in Ceylon, in Thibet, and in Burmah among the crumblings of primordial rock.

From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus

Our existing architecture offers few points for comparison with those vast edifices whose very ruins resemble the crumblings of mountains rather than the remains of buildings.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier

The materials of which they are made were probably once, long, long ago, the crumblings from granite and other crystallized rocks, but they show now no signs of crystallization.

From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Edward Singleton Holden

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