"munchy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Jinna Dodds, Light Song, page 64:",
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          "ref": "1932 February, Baker’s Chocolate, “Three Chocolate Praise-Winners that make guests say “Do give me your recipe””, in Ladies’ Home Journal, volume XLIX, number 2, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 44:",
          "text": "You never nibbled at munchier brownies than these.",
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          "ref": "1951 May 14, General Electric, ““Tailored Toast” to suit your taste!”, in LIFE, Chicago, Ill.: TIME Inc., page 13:",
          "text": "And every slice will be the munchiest, tastiest toast you’ve ever eaten!",
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          "ref": "1960 September 14, Weet-Bix, “Happy idea for better family breakfasts”, in The Australian Women’s Weekly, volume 28, number 15, Sydney, N.S.W., page 34:",
          "text": "Topped with fresh or stewed fruit, sugar and milk, WEET-BIX is the munchiest, crunchiest, most downright delicious breakfast you’ve ever tasted.",
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          "ref": "1960 October 6, Contadina, “turn italian tonight with contadina pizza mix—and save 25¢!”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 82, number 276, St. Louis, Mo., page 12E:",
          "text": "Italian crust—crunchier, munchier, flakier by far.",
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          "ref": "1963, Jeanette Krinsley, “The Cow Went Over the Mountain”, in Little Golden Book Classics: Three Best-Loved Tales, New York, N.Y.: Golden Books; Racine, Wis.: Western Publishing Company, Inc., published 1992, →ISBN:",
          "text": "One day Little Cow said to her mother, “I’m going over to the other mountain. The grass is munchier over there.”",
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          "ref": "1965 November 11, Kessler’s, “Barricini makes the crunchiest Butter Krunge in the world!”, in Pottstown Mercury, volume 35, number 38, Pottstown, Pa.: Pottstown Daily News Publishing Company, page thirty-eight:",
          "text": "The crunchiest, munchiest candy you ever tasted.",
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          "ref": "1966 August 28, Nabisco, “We thought there was nothing we could do to improve Spoon Size Shredded Wheat”, in Parade (Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 14, number 51), Long Beach, Calif., page 13:",
          "text": "By making it smaller, we’ve baked in a munchier, crunchier, nutlikier taste.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1977 November 2, Vlasic, “10¢ off on the World’s Best Pickle. Vlasic’s New Deli Dills.”, in The Pleasanton Times, volume 92, number 218, Pleasanton, Calif., page 14:",
          "text": "They’re the crunchiest, munchiest, tastiest dill pickle there is.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1979, Del Taco, “Crunchy, Munchy, Fresh, ’n Good”, in Los Angeles Rams 1979 Media Guide, Anaheim, Calif.:",
          "text": "CRUNCHY, MUNCHY, FRESH, ’N GOOD / When you bite into a Del Taco taco, you bite into one of the world’s greatest tacos. Honest! You won’t find a crunchier, munchier, fresher taco anywhere!",
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          "ref": "1979, Britannia, “Encyclopaedia Britannia”, in The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who’s Who, Bombay: The Times of India Press, page 436:",
          "text": "The A-Z of the munchiest biscuits you can set your teeth into.",
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          "ref": "1984, Suzanne Munshower, The Status Shopper’s Guide to the Big Pretzel, Reading, PA., Outlet Capital of the World, Wyomissing, Pa.: Weekender Books, The Answer Group, →ISBN, page 4:",
          "text": "Pretzels are a personal taste, and everyone has their favorite. But ours is unique. We think it’s the crunchiest and munchiest of the bunch.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Keith Nicholson, Lyn Wendon, Munching Mike’s Mistake (The Letterland Storybooks), Twickenham: Hamlyn/Templar, →ISBN, page 8:",
          "text": "Soon he was rolling so fast that he almost missed his next meal! It was another tasty sign. He swerved and snatched a mouthful. “Even munchier!” he said to himself.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985 November 5, “In Living B&W”, in Leslie Savan, The Sponsored Life: Ads, TV, and American Culture, Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "B&W ads are visually whispering to us about—what else?—the past. The past as (1) warm and funny. By intercutting old Dragnet clips with current material, Tostitos gets munchier.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Jim Lawrence, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, New York, N.Y.: Modern Publishing, Unisystems, Inc., →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Oh, no! Please don’t eat me!” begged the second billy goat. “Why bother with just a meaningless mouthful when there’s a much bigger, munchier morsel coming along right behind me?”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Michael Barry [pseudonym; Michael Bukht], “Grains, Pulses and Pasta”, in The Complete Crafty Cook Book, London: Collins, →ISBN, page 69:",
          "text": "Good brown rice, though, does provide a different flavour and texture – nuttier and munchier.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Joan Aiken, “Barmkins are best”, in The Much Better Story Book, London: Red Fox, Random House Children’s Books, →ISBN, section 7 (‘A massive munch!’ (Food)), page 130:",
          "text": "Our bread is the best, our soups and sausages are the most savoury, our cakes the creamiest, our fruit the finest, our buns the biggest, our muffins the munchiest.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1993, Saskia Hope, No Lady, London: Black Lace, published 1994, →ISBN, page 24:",
          "text": "He showered, shaved and ate. He got to look munchier and munchier and Kate had to remind herself that he was a real, unpredictable man and not some male plaything available for her delectation.",
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          "ref": "2003, Elizabeth Erickson, “Doritos”, in A Celebration of Young Poets: Northeast – Fall 2003, Logan, Ut.: Creative Communication, Inc., published 2004, page 173:",
          "text": "Friday afternoon, the lunch bell just rang, / I sat down at a table with the lunch gang. / I opened my bag to see what I got, / Yeah! All the kids cheered. / I got the best, the greatest, / The crunchiest, the munchiest, / The cheesiest, the pleasiest, / Doritos.",
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          "ref": "2004, David Wolstencroft, Good News, Bad News, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 245:",
          "text": "Inside the shed, a small van that proclaimed its sandwiches were the ‘munchiest in town’.",
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          "ref": "2011, Jan Dean, “Everything’s Better With You”, in Brian Moses, Best of Enemies, Best of Friends, London: Wayland, Hachette Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 90:",
          "text": "biscuits are crunchier / popcorn is munchier / bananas are bunchier / everything’s better with you",
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          "ref": "1951 May 14, General Electric, ““Tailored Toast” to suit your taste!”, in LIFE, Chicago, Ill.: TIME Inc., page 13:",
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          "ref": "1960 September 14, Weet-Bix, “Happy idea for better family breakfasts”, in The Australian Women’s Weekly, volume 28, number 15, Sydney, N.S.W., page 34:",
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          "text": "One day Little Cow said to her mother, “I’m going over to the other mountain. The grass is munchier over there.”",
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          "text": "The crunchiest, munchiest candy you ever tasted.",
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          "ref": "1966 August 28, Nabisco, “We thought there was nothing we could do to improve Spoon Size Shredded Wheat”, in Parade (Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 14, number 51), Long Beach, Calif., page 13:",
          "text": "By making it smaller, we’ve baked in a munchier, crunchier, nutlikier taste.",
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          "ref": "1977 November 2, Vlasic, “10¢ off on the World’s Best Pickle. Vlasic’s New Deli Dills.”, in The Pleasanton Times, volume 92, number 218, Pleasanton, Calif., page 14:",
          "text": "They’re the crunchiest, munchiest, tastiest dill pickle there is.",
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          "ref": "1979, Britannia, “Encyclopaedia Britannia”, in The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who’s Who, Bombay: The Times of India Press, page 436:",
          "text": "The A-Z of the munchiest biscuits you can set your teeth into.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Suzanne Munshower, The Status Shopper’s Guide to the Big Pretzel, Reading, PA., Outlet Capital of the World, Wyomissing, Pa.: Weekender Books, The Answer Group, →ISBN, page 4:",
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          "ref": "1985, Keith Nicholson, Lyn Wendon, Munching Mike’s Mistake (The Letterland Storybooks), Twickenham: Hamlyn/Templar, →ISBN, page 8:",
          "text": "Soon he was rolling so fast that he almost missed his next meal! It was another tasty sign. He swerved and snatched a mouthful. “Even munchier!” he said to himself.",
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          "ref": "1985 November 5, “In Living B&W”, in Leslie Savan, The Sponsored Life: Ads, TV, and American Culture, Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 25:",
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          "text": "“Oh, no! Please don’t eat me!” begged the second billy goat. “Why bother with just a meaningless mouthful when there’s a much bigger, munchier morsel coming along right behind me?”",
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          "ref": "1993, Saskia Hope, No Lady, London: Black Lace, published 1994, →ISBN, page 24:",
          "text": "He showered, shaved and ate. He got to look munchier and munchier and Kate had to remind herself that he was a real, unpredictable man and not some male plaything available for her delectation.",
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          "text": "Friday afternoon, the lunch bell just rang, / I sat down at a table with the lunch gang. / I opened my bag to see what I got, / Yeah! All the kids cheered. / I got the best, the greatest, / The crunchiest, the munchiest, / The cheesiest, the pleasiest, / Doritos.",
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          "text": "Inside the shed, a small van that proclaimed its sandwiches were the ‘munchiest in town’.",
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          "text": "biscuits are crunchier / popcorn is munchier / bananas are bunchier / everything’s better with you",
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