(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?
Toaster
Definition:
(n.) One who toasts.
(n.) A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) She says it began as a "defence mechanism" – "it gets you out of so many sticky situations" – but it has now become the means by which Delevingne communicates her sense of fun, in a world where most models seem to adopt a bored, peevish expression of someone queuing to return a faulty toaster in Argos.
(2) Similarly: Don't use your toaster as a bathtub toy, don't juggle live hand grenades and never put salt in your eyes .
(3) The most popular items bought online were TV and audio equipment, laptops and games items, but customers also snapped up domestic appliances such as kettles, fryers, slow cookers, toasters and vacuum cleaners.
(4) It’s a mystery up there with dark matter and the question of why you still can’t buy a toaster that browns both sides of the bread equally: why do batteries suck?
(5) The Braun electric toaster, which he made the subject of the haunting image Toaster of 1967, was part of a lifelong fascination with industrial design.
(6) On two occasions soybean meals were custom prepared by changing the temperature and the retention time (RT) of the desolventizer-toaster unit at a commercial soybean processing plant.
(7) The aim is to prevent millions of tonnes of toxic TVs, personal computers, toasters and other electronic goods being dumped into landfill each year.
(8) Since the fire brigade has had to warn men not to put their genitals in a toaster , we are reminded of all the A&E stories of the many men who get their tackle trapped in everything from radiators to vacuum cleaners.
(9) The SBM were custom-prepared at a commercial processing plant by changing the conditions of a desolventizer-toaster (DT) unit.
(10) Shoppers buying anything from toasters to cars now have 30 days to reject a faulty item and demand a full refund, clarifying previously vague rules on how long this period should last.
(11) "He'd then end up on the back of the toaster for twelve months before skulking back to the fridge and hoping that everyone forgets about his former delusions regarding his abilities and profile."
(12) An early indication could come from counting the number of Frigidaire sandwich toasters, which will be handed out to new account customers.
(13) They’ve turned [the toasters] all down, and that’s why you can’t get decent toast,” he claimed to Buzzfeed.
(14) I understand that behind the decision to delay this legislation lies in Brexit and newspaper populism of the kind we saw with the toaster story,” he said.
(15) The ecodesign regulations have been disputed and the commission has had bad press, and maybe they are particularly sensitive about this.” But this did not prevent negative press last week after the Ukip MEP David Coburn mistakenly tweeted that existing regulations had weakened his toaster.
(16) The Restart Project in London hosts parties that help people fix broken electronic goods from toasters to iPads.
(17) It can therefore only be a matter of time before we get a Sophie’s Choice remake by John Lewis, in which Meryl Streep has to choose between a beloved child and a four-slot chrome toaster.
(18) Some hours later, both the sky and my mood are as grey as ever until eventually, despondently warming my hands over the toaster, I finally spot the stale wedges of bread that have been in front of me the whole time.
(19) Pearson starts to uncover the drives of the savage consumers of Middle England who lug home refrigerators, toasters, televisions, beat up Asian shopkeepers and lavish affection on the three giant teddy bears sitting in the atrium of the Metro-Centre.
(20) Exports of everything from toasters to car parts fuelled an astonishing rise in living standards, much of it stashed in local banks or invested in government debt.