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crumpet
noun- sexually desirable women considered collectively; hence, desirable men UK, 1936
Originally of women only; men weren’t so categorised until the 1980s. - Christ, it’s rife up the country, mate. Crumpet for the taking. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 90, 1969
- I gave up on her and went in search of love, affection and a bit of crumpet elsewhere. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 83, 1995
- I thought you were the thinking girl’s crumpet, Jake. I’m a bit disappointed in you. — Linda Jaivin, Rock n Roll Babes from Outer Space, p. 243, 1996
- [T]his party should be stacked out with crumpet. — John King, Human Punk, p. 120, 2000
- It wasn’t difficult going along with the comments about “crumpet,” the jokes about queers and pansies. — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 62, 2001
- [T]he bright and attractive host Joan Bakewell (dubbed by the contemporary media “the thinking man’s crumpet”)[.] — Mick Farren, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, p. 99, 2001
- the head UK, 1891
- Cripes, it’s enough to send a bloke off his crumpet[.] — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 101, 1947
▶ a bit of crumpet
sexual intercourse NEW ZEALAND- — Louis S. Leland, A Personal Kiwi–Yankee Dictionary, p. 15, 1984
▶ bow the crumpet
to plead guilty AUSTRALIA
Formed on CRUMPET— The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975▶ not worth a crumpet
worthless AUSTRALIA, 1944- A bomb is what his stable needs. None of his string is worth a crumpet. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 79, 1969
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