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crumbs

/ ʌ /

interjection

  1. slangan expression of dismay or surprise

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of crumbs1

C20: euphemistic for Christ!
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Example Sentences

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"The pie is small and the crumbs left for dads and non-birthing parents are honestly pretty pitiful," he said.

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Toss it with fresh lobster chunks, enrobe cutlets with hollandaise and bread crumbs before frying, or make the most luscious broiled oysters you've ever had.

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When you subsist on crumbs for long enough, you learn to make a meal out of them.

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A stray orange cat; a séance in a hostel; a “nearsighted galoot” who decodes cryptic messages from Radio Pyongyang; flashlights that aren’t just flashlights — these bread crumbs guide us to the novel’s denouement.

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Director John Dursee would remind me to brush the doughnut crumbs off my lapel and I stayed messy.

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