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thinking man's crumpet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
think-ing -man's crum-pet
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined in the 1960s by Frank Muir to describe Joan Bakewell, following the latter’s appearances in high-brow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up. From crumpet (“a sexually desirable woman (UK slang)”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

thinking man's crumpets (plural)

Phrases

bit of crumpet piece of crumpet

Frequently Paired Words

bit of crumpet crumpet piece of crumpet

Synonyms

beautiful woman

Questions

What does thinking man's crumpet mean?
An intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.
Where does thinking man's crumpet come from?
Coined in the 1960s by Frank Muir to describe Joan Bakewell, following the latter’s appearances in high-brow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up. From crumpet (“a sexually desirable woman (UK slang)”).

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