(n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Well, it's better than being lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose."
(2) This election has its fair share of cranks, the obligatory Monster Raving Loonies, a guy campaigning to save local pubs (to give the full triumvirate of endangered pleasures, it's the Beer, Baccy and Crumpets party).
(3) That is superb.” Another said: “Surely if you were truly patriotic it would be renamed crumpet corner?
(4) So you might say: "What I really love is a buttered crumpet," and they'll go: "That's easy!
(5) Its regulars have a habit of bringing gifts for the Balmore team: scones and crumpets are a favourite.
(6) Marks & Spencer is having a second go at exporting its uniquely British mix of clothing and crumpets to mainland Europe , pressing the button on expansion in France and scouting for sites in the big Italian and Spanish cities.
(7) But he reminds me that he has learned a lot first hand from Firth about how to make an honourable career from being perceived as costume-drama crumpet.
(8) Updated at 7.11pm BST 6.02pm BST "One hates to bother you during tea and crumpets," Mark Edwards begins, "but is Leo Messi even showing a pulse on the pitch v. Atletico?
(9) Supplies of loaves and crumpets could be hit by three weeks of action in three separate stints beginning on 28 August after three-quarters of the balloted workers voted for action.
(10) Prices are appreciably higher than at the Richmond but the teapots are silver, teabags unknown and they do serve crumpets they way crumpets should be served, on stiffly starched doilies and Wedgwood china plates.
(11) Seems like the Grauniad fraternity might prefer the regular 'crumpet' section in La Marca, which seems to have exploded recently.
(12) How did she feel about being described as the thinking man's crumpet?
Pikelet
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Pikelin
Example Sentences:
(1) For, although my father and I are back in touch, years of barely speaking, of disappointment, disaffection, distrust and distance have damaged, perhaps for ever, the playful, pikelet-eating relationship we once had.