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thinking man's crumpet

thinking man's crumpet noun: an intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.

Noun

thinking man's crumpet (plural thinking man's crumpets)

  1. (UK, slang) An intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.
    • Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
    Synonyms:
    beautiful woman

Synonyms of thinking man's crumpet

  • beautiful woman

Forms of thinking man's crumpet

pluralthinking man's crumpets

Origin of thinking man's crumpet

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)”).

Questions about thinking man's crumpet

What does thinking man's crumpet mean?
Thinking man's crumpet means an intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.
What part of speech is thinking man's crumpet?
Thinking man's crumpet is a noun.
What is the plural of thinking man's crumpet?
The plural of thinking man's crumpet is thinking man's crumpets.

Words near thinking man's crumpet in the dictionary

  1. thinking good
  2. thinking little of
  3. thinking machine
  4. thinking machines
  5. thinking man's
  6. thinking man's crumpet
  7. thinking man's crumpets
  8. thinking much of
  9. thinking no end of oneself
  10. thinking nothing of
  11. thinking of

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