"thinking man's crumpet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-thinking man's crumpet.ogg [Australia] Forms: thinking man's crumpets [plural]
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)”). Etymology templates: {{qualifier|UK slang}} (UK slang) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=thinking man's crumpet}} 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. Wikipedia link: Frank Muir, Joan Bakewell, Late Night Line-Up, The Daily Telegraph Tags: UK, slang Synonyms: beautiful woman Related terms: bit of crumpet, crumpet, piece of crumpet
    Sense id: en-thinking_man's_crumpet-en-noun-zv3ZzhAs Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People, Sex

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