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crummy, a.|ˈkrʌmɪ|
[f. crum, crumb n. + -y. Cf. also crumby.]
†1. Crumbly, friable. Obs.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 69 [The Adder] loueth..to eate crummie and dry earth. 1611Cotgr., Court en paste, short, crummie..ill cleauing together. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Waters, A quantity of crummy Earth.
2. Like or of the nature of the crumb of bread, as distinguished from the crust.
1579J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. xiv. 26 Breade..neyther to crustie nor to crummie. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 255 The crummy part of a hot Loaf. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. viii, A slack-baked, crummy quartern [loaf].
3. slang.
a. Plump, full-figured: usually said of women. Also
b. Comely, pretty.
c. Having well-filled pockets, rich.
1718Motteux Quix. i. iii. vi, A well-truss'd, round, crummy, strapping Wench. 1748Dyche Dict., Crummy, full of crumb; also fat, rich, plump, or fleshy. 1768Buys Terms of Art, Crummy (Figuratively), plump or fleshy. ‘A Crummy Lass’. 1827A. Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administ. (1837) I. 40 We would..much rather find the whole House [of Lords] in rich, crummy widows, than let them meddle with our bread. 1861H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons (Farmer), ‘You're crummy..But you ain't what I'd call fat.’ 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Crummy, fat, in good condition.
†4. Obs. spelling of crumby a. 2.
5. Freq. var. of crumby a. 3. |