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Definition of Crumpets
1. crumpet [n] - See also: crumpet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crumpets
Literary usage of Crumpets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"crumpets. With the hand, work into three teacups of raised dough, half a teacup
of melted butter, three eggs, and only sufficient milk to leave it a thick ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"says the patient, starting up in bed; ‘I've eat four crumpets ev'ry night for
... ‘How many crumpets at a sittin' do you think ‘ud kill me off at once? ..."
3. The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-cook, and Baker: Plain and Practical by Eleanor Parkinson (1844)
"It will require an hour to rise. This bread is best baked, in small tin pans.]
crumpets.— crumpets are made of batter composed of flour, water (or milk), ..."
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