▪ I. crumpy, n. dial.
[f. crump a.1 or n.1 + -y4 dim. and denominative.]
= crumpling n. 2.
| 1877 Holderness Gloss., Crumpy, a small irregularly shaped apple. |
▪ II. ˈcrumpy, a. dial.
[f. crump a.2 + -y1.]
= crump a.2: see quots.
| 1808–25 Jamieson, Crump, crumpie. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Crump, Crumpy, brittle, dry-baked, easily breaking under the teeth. 1877 Holderness Gloss., Crumpy, crisp; [as n.] the crisp crust of a loaf. 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Crumpy, crisp; said of bread or pastry. |