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crumpet
/ˈkɹʌmpɪt/
noun 3
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1VERB + CRUMPET
eating, find, thinking
Definitions
noun
1
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
T-Saint: I say we kill 'em! Donner: I say we hump 'em. Booga: I say we eat crumpets and tea. Deetee: Tasty! Crumpets and tea. All in favor of crumpets and tea, say "I." All: I! T-Saint: Shut up! Ain't gonna be no crumpets and tea.
2
A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.
Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.
3
The head.
He bad been worried off his crumpet all day, making arrangements on her behalf.
"If I don't get down them stairs soon I'll go off my crumpet, sittin' about up here all day with the jumps on me."
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T-Saint: I say we kill 'em! Donner: I say we hump 'em. Booga: I say we eat crumpets and tea. Deetee: Tasty! Crumpets and tea. All in favor of crumpets and tea, say "I." All: I! T-Saint: Shut up! Ain't
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Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
Wiktionary03
John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.
Wiktionary04
He's eating a crumpet.
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