Grand Prix at the Corner #268
crumpet n 1 a small teacake. They are made of pancake batter, but with raising agents added so that you get all the holes in them. 2 coming from rhyming slang for "strumpet" (a woman adulterer), "crumpet" refers to women in a similar (although a little more old-fashioned) way to "totty". Suffice to say that if you were out looking for some crumpet of an evening, you wouldn't be intending sleeping alone. In fact, you may not be intending to sleep at all. Brits do concur with Americans on the "official" meaning of "crumpet" (a small savoury piece usually eaten with afternoon tea) but it would be difficult to mention it in the UK without someone at the table collapsing in fits of giggles.







