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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. quotations examples
T-Saint: I say we kill 'em!Donner: I say we hump 'em.Booga: I say we eat crumpets and tea.Deetee: Tasty! Crumpets and tea. All in favor of crumpets and tea, say "I."All: I!T-Saint: Shut up! Ain't gonna be no crumpets and tea.
1995, Tedi Sarafian, Tank Girl, spoken by T-Saint, Deetee & Booger (respectively) (Ice-T, Jeff Kober, and Reg E. Cathey)
(UK, slang, dated, countable, uncountable) A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women. quotations
The regulars are all guys, a varied selection, my friends. There's Sammy—small, wiry, dark-haired. A hat manufacturer, crumpet mad—always chatting up different birds.
1969, Jackie Collins, The Stud, reprint edition, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, page 32
Our lives are saturated with middle-class crumpet Benedict Cumberbatch - but does he deserve the attention, asks Michael Hogan
2014 November 12, Michael Hogan, “Have we reached peak Benedict Cumberbatch?”, in The Telegraph