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crumpet(dictionary)

whiffet (iou) and crumpet (iou)


whiffet (iou)



whiffet noun. US. E19.
[Prob. from WHIFF noun1 + -ET1.]
A small dog. Also whiffet dog. E19.
transf. An unimportant person. colloq. M19.

crumpet (iou)



crumpet noun. L17.
[Origin uncertain: perh. connected with crumb CRUM verb2.]
A thin griddle-cake. L17-M19.
A soft cake made with flour and yeast and cooked on a griddle or Other hot surface, now usu. of a type intended for toasting and eating with butter etc. M18.
The head. Esp. in barmy in the crumpet, barmy on the crumpet, wrong in the head, mad. slang. L19.
old crumpet: used as a familiar form of address. slang. E20.
A sexually attractive woman; women collectively; sexual intercourse with a woman. slang. Freq. considered offensive. M20.
bit of crumpet, piece of crumpet a (desirable) woman.