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Word entry · 7 letters

crumpet

Best crossword clue

"Griddle cake"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɹʌmpɪt/Part of speech nounSorted cemprtuStarts with CEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle

Word origin

First appears c. the 17th century, either from crompid cake (“wafer, literally, curled-up cake”), from crompid, form of crumpen (“to curl up”); cognate to crumpled. An alternate etymology is from Celtic; compare Breton krampouezh (“crepe, pancake”) and Welsh crempog (“pancake”).

Used in a sentence

  • Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
  • John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.
  • 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.

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