Crumpet

Etymology
17th century, either from, from , form of ; cognate to. Alternate etymology is from ; compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Sense of “desirable woman” attested 1936, possibly as cockney rhyming slang for ; alternatively, compare (itself possibly cockney rhyming slang for  or ). 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

 * krŭm'pĭt,

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.
 * 2)  A person (or, collectively, persons), usually female, considered sexually desirable.
 *  was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
 * John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.
 * John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 小圓烤餅, 小圆烤饼, 烤麵餅, 烤面饼
 * Finnish:


 * French:
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 * Swedish: