CRUMPET Definition & Meaning

crumpet

[ kruhm-pit ]

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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.

crumpet

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noun

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 slang.
utterly worthless

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of crumpet¹

1350–1400; short for crumpetcake curled cake, equivalent to Middle English crompid (past participle of crumpen, variant of crampen to bend, curl ( cramp ¹ ) + cake

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of crumpet¹

C17: of uncertain origin

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Certain types of porridge, crumpets and breakfast cereals are included in a list of products that fall under a new junk food advertising ban.

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The cost of some items including meat, crumpets, chocolate biscuits, furniture and household items fell, but petrol and diesel prices rose.

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One reason CPI fell to 3.2% in March was due to a drop in price for food items like meat, crumpets and chocolate biscuits.

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Beside her on the brass fender of the hearth a tea was laid out: steaming thimbles and a variety of crumbs; tea cake and crumpet and cucumber sandwich, on polished British pennies.

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Bags of rice, boxes of tea, packets of crumpets are all grabbed by the arms using a suction cup on the end.

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