crum·pet

crum·pet
/ˈkrʌmpət/ noun, pl -pets
Brit
1 [count] : a small round bread that has a smooth bottom and holes in the top and that is eaten hot with butter
2 informal + sometimes offensive : a sexually attractive person
[noncount]

He's looking for a bit of crumpet. [=he's looking for an attractive woman to have sex with]

[count]

Because he is brainy as well as handsome, the actor is often referred to as “the thinking woman's crumpet.”


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