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crumpet

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crum·pet  (krmpt)
n.
A small flat round of bread, baked on a griddle and usually served toasted.

[Possibly from Middle English crompid (cake), curled (cake), probably past participle of crumpen, to curl up, probably from crumb, crump, crooked, from Old English.]

crumpet [ˈkrʌmpɪt]
n Chiefly Brit
1. (Cookery) a light soft yeast cake full of small holes on the top side, eaten toasted and buttered
2. (Cookery) (in Scotland) a large flat sweetened cake made of batter
3. Slang women collectively
a piece of crumpet Slang a sexually desirable woman
not worth a crumpet Austral slang utterly worthless
[of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.crumpet - a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
Translations
crumpet [ˈkrʌmpɪt] N
1. (esp Brit) (Culin) → bollo m blando para tostar
2. (Brit) (= girl) → jai f, tía f; (= girls) → las jais, las tías
a bit of crumpet (Brit) → una jai, una tía
crumpet [ˈkrʌmpɪt] n
(= food) petite crêpe moelleuse et épaisse
a piece of crumpet (= woman) → une belle pépée >
crumpet
n
(Cook) süßes, pfannkuchenartiges Gebäck
(dated esp Brit inf: = women) → Miezen pl (inf); he fancied a bit of crumpetihm war nach ein bisschen Sex; she’s a nice bit of crumpetsie ist sehr sexy
crumpet [ˈkrʌmpɪt] n
a. (Culin) specie di crespella piuttosto spessa da tostare e mangiare calda con burro, marmellata ecc.
b. a piece of crumpet (fam!) → un bel tocco di ragazza

crumpet [ˈkrʌmpɪt] n
a. (Culin) specie di crespella piuttosto spessa da tostare e mangiare calda con burro, marmellata ecc.
b. a piece of crumpet (fam!) → un bel tocco di ragazza


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United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Delivery Company.
Nut and Shell whisked up trees with pieces of cake and Soot took the entire half of a buttered crumpet into a corner and pecked at and examined and turned it over and made hoarse remarks about it until he decided to swallow it all joyfully in one gulp.
"Four crumpets a night," he says, "vill do your business in six months
 
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