Definition of crumpet
: a small round unsweetened bread cooked on a griddle and usually split and toasted before serving
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Examples of crumpet in a Sentence
Because he is brainy as well as handsome, the actor is often referred to as “the thinking woman's crumpet.”
Recent Examples of crumpet from the Web
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Afternoon Tea: Saturday, June 24, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Join Cecelia and the Friends of the Somers Library for a free, luxurious afternoon of delicious finger sandwiches, crumpets, scones, clotted cream, and small delectable desserts.
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To me Britain stands for more than just tea and crumpets and marmalade.
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Getty Grab a cup of tea and binge eat some crumpets, because Queen Elizabeth II turns 91 today (April 21), and the royal family is celebrating in style.
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Getty Grab a cup of tea and binge eat some crumpets, because Queen Elizabeth II turns 91 today (April 21), and the royal family is celebrating in style.
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Origin and Etymology of crumpet
perhaps from Middle English crompid (cake) wafer, literally, curled-up cake, from crumped, past participle of crumpen to curl up, from crump, crumb crooked, from Old English crumb; akin to Old High German krump crooked
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