crumpy

adj

crumpy

adj

/ˈkɹʌmpi/

Etymology From crump + -y.

1

UK, Dialectal brittle; crisp

  • I had hardly swallowed my broiled chicken , and three fourths of a sweet fresh trout that was set before me ; and was just nibbling at a bit of crumpy oaten cake to give a goût to my cheese and my dram of brandy1833, Andrew Picken, “The Priors of Lawford”, in Traditionary Stories of Old Families:
Derived terms
crumpiness

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