crumpet

[ kruhm-pit ]

/ ˈkrʌm pɪt /

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noun Chiefly British.

a round soft unsweetened bread resembling a muffin, cooked on a griddle or the like, and often toasted.

British Slang. a sexually attractive woman.

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Origin of crumpet

1350–1400; short for crumpetcake curled cake, equivalent to Middle English crompid (past participle of crumpen, variant of crampen to bend, curl (see cramp¹) + cake

Words nearby crumpet

crumhorn, crummie, Crummock Water, crummy, crump, crumpet, crumple, crumpled, crumple zones, crunch, cruncher

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How to use crumpet in a sentence

Drop that crumpet: The weirdest new narrative in American politics seeks to recast President Obama as a British monarch.
The GOP vs. 'King Obama'|John Avlon|May 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Breaking his crumpet is for him as bad as breaking one of his limbs.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
What's the meaning of bric-à-brac, that mamma was talking about to Colonel Crumpet?
Mr. Punch with The Children|Various
Yes, corroborated the commodore, Dickie found a dozen people who think youre dottie on the crumpet, all right.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham

Then the people feasted on blinnies—a pancake similar to the English crumpet.
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
The story will get across to the Germans in some garbled form; 'Smith off crumpet,' or something of that sort.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 148, February 3, 1915|Various

British Dictionary definitions for crumpet

crumpet

/ (ˈkrʌmpɪt) /

noun mainly British

a light soft yeast cake full of small holes on the top side, eaten toasted and buttered

(in Scotland) a large flat sweetened cake made of batter

slang women collectively

a piece of crumpet slang a sexually desirable woman

not worth a crumpet Australian slang utterly worthless

Word Origin for crumpet

C17: of uncertain origin

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