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crumpet
English
Etymology
17th century, either from crompid cake (“wafer, literally, curled-up cake”), from crompid, form of crumpen (“to curl up”); cognate to crumpled. Alternate etymology is from Celtic; compare Breton krampouezh (“crepe, pancake”) and Welsh crempog (“pancake”).
Sense of “desirable woman” attested 1936, possibly as cockney rhyming slang for strumpet; alternatively, compare tart (“loose woman, prostitute”) (itself possibly cockney rhyming slang for heart or sweetheart). Note that muffin has a similar sense, and that, in 19th and early 20th centuries, "Muffins and crumpets" was a familiar street-cry in UK.
Pronunciation
- kr?m'p?t,
- IPA(key): /?k??mp?t/
- Rhymes: -?mp?t
Noun
crumpet (countable and uncountable, plural crumpets)
- A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
- (Britain, slang, countable, uncountable) A person (or, collectively, persons), usually female, considered sexually desirable.
- Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
- John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.
Synonyms
- (sexually desirable person): See Thesaurus:beautiful person
Derived terms
- (sexually desirable person): bit of crumpet, piece of crumpet, thinking man's crumpet
Related terms
- crumple, crumpled
Translations
See also
- pikelet
- strumpet
- tart
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “crumpet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Where To Buy English Crumpets In America
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crampet
English
Alternative forms
- crampette
- crampit
Etymology
cramp +? -et?
Noun
crampet (plural crampets)
- (military) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
- One of the metal plates, with spikes attached, forming a pair of crampons.
- (curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
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