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crunchie
/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/
noun 3
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3ADJ.
brown, usual
VERB + CRUNCHIE
combat
CRUNCHIE + NOUN
cannon, cocker, recipe, velvet
Definitions
noun
1
A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form.
“Crunchie?” said Velvet, her face lighting. “I got them this morning.” “On tick still?” “Yes. She was cross but I swore we'd pay by Saturday.” In the gold paper was a chocolate stick. Beneath the chocolate was a sort of honeycomb, crisp and friable, something between biscuit and burnt sugar. Fry's chocolate crunchie.
A different method and a different flavour from the usual brown crunchie. The recipe is easily doubled for a larger batch.
2
An infantry soldier, a grunt.
To the subjective mind of the combat crunchie and cannon cocker, executing with his legs, sweat, and often his life, the grand designs […]
3
A white Afrikaner.
[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
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“Crunchie?” said Velvet, her face lighting. “I got them this morning.” “On tick still?” “Yes. She was cross but I swore we'd pay by Saturday.” In the gold paper was a chocolate stick. Beneath the choc
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A different method and a different flavour from the usual brown crunchie. The recipe is easily doubled for a larger batch.
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To the subjective mind of the combat crunchie and cannon cocker, executing with his legs, sweat, and often his life, the grand designs […]
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