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crumb

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.
Origin: From , cromme, crumme, crume, from , from , *krūmô, from , from to turn, bend, twist, wind. The b is unetymological, as in limb, appearing in the mid-15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with , , crumb, , , Swedish dialectal crumb, Swedish incrumbs, giblets, Icelandic crumb, Latin a little heap. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Por 25 pesetas: Villanos y sus mascotas artistas: Jabra the Hutt y Salacius Crumb Ayuso y Nacho Cano Esperanza Aguirre y Alaska J.L. Mtnez-Almeida y Mario Vaquerizo M. Rajoy y Bertín Osborne José Mª Aznar y Julio Iglesias Santiago Abascal y José Manuel Soto”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Speaking of Crumb, Tom WIlson was his boss at the greeting card company he worked at in the mid 60s”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Por 25 pesetas: Villanos y sus mascotas artistas: Jabba the Hutt y Salacius Crumb Ayuso y Nacho Cano Esperanza Aguirre y Alaska J.L. Mtnez-Almeida y Mario Vaquerizo M. Rajoy y Bertín Osborne José Mª Aznar y Julio Iglesias Santiago Abascal y José Manuel Soto”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I'm not really taking about people like Crumb who are conscious of and upfront with it, but where the theme shows up again and again without the writer appearing to quite realize it - something close to this bsky.app/profile/elec...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The circle of crumb around the top of the cake somehow makes things worse #MasterchefAU”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

A small piece of any other solid substance.

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  • “I’m surprised I understood that reference. That day in acid in 9th grade has left a crumb of mathability (it was the only time algebra made sense to me)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Went to my local target to see if they had any more Pokémon collab merch and there isn't a crumb of Pokémon stuff left. Not even clothing is safe anymore”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “A crumb of good news and manifestation of sanity. I know the cool kids and our rulers are all in on insanity…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Remember during other wars when everyone, even the uber wealthy, put aside things like award shows and Met Gala’s. Now it’s like they are from District 1 and the rest of us are looking to get a scrap or crumb. Of course we know how that ended.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Just a crumb of attention, please.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(figuratively) A bit, small amount.

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