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   crumpet

   /ˈkrʌmpɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a thick, flat, savoury cake with a soft, porous texture, made from a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered.
   • 2. people, especially women, regarded as objects of sexual desire: informal British "fat chance of our running into any crumpet"
   • 3. a person's head. archaic, informal

   Word Origin late 17th century: of unknown origin. crumpet (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the 1930s.

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