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Crumb

noun

(Written also crum)

1.

A very small quantity of something. "There were few crumbs of comfort in the report"

2.

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. Synonyms: bum, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot. "Kill the rat" , "Throw the bum out" , "You cowardly little pukes!" , "The British call a contemptible person a 'git'"

3.

Small piece of e.g. bread or cake.

verb

(past & past part. crumbed; pres. part. crumbing) (Written also crum)

1.

Coat with bread crumbs.

2.

Break into crumbs.

3.

Remove crumbs from.

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"Crumb" Quotes from Famous Books

... do try to eat a little," urged Fanny, with tears in her eyes. "What will Massa Horace say if he axes me 'bout your eatin' an' I'm 'bliged to tell him you didn't eat never a mouthful of dinner, an' likewise not the first crumb of your supper?" ...

— Holidays at Roselands • Martha Finley

... five—no, six—out-of-doors. Would two dozen cookies be enough for ten people? She put her head into the kitchen to ask, but there was no one in sight, so she had to decide the point by herself. After nibbling a crumb she thought not, and added another dozen. And then there was still so much room left that she just filled up the box, regardless. Afterward she was very glad of it. She wouldn't have supposed it possible for ten people to eat as many cookies as those ten people ate after ...

— The Camerons of Highboro • Beth B. Gilchrist

... and here are some shells from the beach that serve admirably for that purpose; and we all dip into the same dish on the little stand. By and by, when all is gone but the liquid, we sop that up with pieces of bread. When every crumb is picked up and eaten, we all lift our eyes to heaven, and the father repeats a prayer of thanksgiving to God. Dinner is over. The sun has set. It is growing dark, and soon it will be time ...

— Hebrew Life and Times • Harold B. Hunting

... room. "How have I succeeded?" said he, in answer to a question one day. "Oh, by just having the nerve to decide upon a plan, and then by hiring these brainy fellows to do my work. I can get the services of the ablest lawyer in this city for a crumb of the loaf I realize from his thought and industry. The secret of success? Why, sir, it is will, that ...

— The Young Man and the World • Albert J. Beveridge

... they would to spin out the meal, it was not yet four when the last crumb and drop had vanished; and, finding nothing else to do, they nestled down in their four corners again with the quiet melancholy of a dying day settling down on them once more. Though it was June, the land outside seemed already ...

— The Carroll Girls • Mabel Quiller-Couch

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