crumbs

/ (krʌmz) /


interjection
  1. slang an expression of dismay or surprise

Origin of crumbs

1
C20: euphemistic for Christ!

Words Nearby crumbs

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How to use crumbs in a sentence

  • That, like the matches, had long ago been used up, and our discoverers were reduced to roasted biscuit-crumbs.

    The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Besides a few crumbs, it contained a small lump of narwhal blubber and a little packet.

    The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
  • He looked with longing eyes at the waterfall as he finished the last crumbs of his supper.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • Yes, if he came and she knew him, she would give him not bread crumbs only, but cake and kisses.

  • There they all sit in a row on the garden-fence, singing her a morning hymn to pay her for their crumbs of bread.