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noun

Crumb n. (Written also crum)

A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. "Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table."

Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.

The soft part of bread. "Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust."

Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.

To a crumb, with great exactness; completely.

verb

Crumb v. t. (past & past part. crumbed; pres. part. crumbing) (Written also crum) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread.

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Etymology of 'Crumb'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crumb" Quotes from Famous Books

... She replied, "Pronounce Allah's name[FN32] and cry Bismillah! this is my son, the fruit of my vitals and the heir of Consul Shams al-Din, the child of the nurse and the collar and the crust and the crumb."[FN33] Quoth they, "Never in our days knew we that thou hadst a son"; and quoth she, "Verily his father feared for him the evil eye and reared him in an under-ground chamber;"—And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 4 • Richard F. Burton

... oil, butter, bacon, lard, and the various fats used in frying to the sense of relish which forms the last element in our compound taste. A boiled sole is all very well when one is just convalescent, but in robust health we demand the delights of egg and bread-crumb, which are after all only the vehicle for the appetising grease. Plain boiled macaroni may pass muster in the unsophisticated nursery, but in the pampered dining-room it requires the aid of toasted parmesan. Good modern cookery is the practical result of centuries of experience ...

— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen

... was conspicuously careless, conceding the difference but attaching to it no importance at all; and with it he rose—she had instantly the impression of him as it were brushing the difference like a crumb from his lap—and announced, "I'm going to my study now for a couple of hours before dinner. I must. Our solicitor's coming in." He bent over her and kissed her lovingly. "You understand, ...

— This Freedom • A. S. M. Hutchinson

... a certificate that the Bible is true. It passes its hat before generals and presidents, and kings while they are alive. It says nothing about thinkers and real philosophers while they live, except to slander them, but the moment they are dead it seeks among their words for a crumb of comfort. ...

— The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. - Interviews • Robert Green Ingersoll

... "headquarters" has taken to heart the injunction about casting your bread upon the waters. It casts the crumb of a day or two's work of an emissary, and gets back any quantity of loaves of cash, so long as "captains" present themselves to be used up and replaced by new victims. What can be said of these devoted poor fellows except, O ...

— Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays • Thomas H. Huxley

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