† 1. Crumbly, friable. Obs.
1567. Maplet, Gr. Forest, 69. [The Adder] loueth … to eate crummie and dry earth.
1611. Cotgr., Court en paste, short, crummie … ill cleauing together.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Waters, A quantity of crummy Earth.
2. Like or of the nature of the crumb of bread, as distinguished from the crust.
1579. J. Jones, Preserv. Bodie & Soule, I. xiv. 26. Breade … neyther to crustie nor to crummie.
1707. Curios. in Husb. & Gard., 255. The crummy part of a hot Loaf.
1844. Dickens, Mart. Chuz., viii. A slack-baked, crummy quartern [loaf].
3. slang. Plump, full-figured: usually said of women. Also b. Comely, pretty. c. Having well-filled pockets, rich.
1718. Motteux, Quix., I. III. vi. A well-truss’d, round, crummy, strapping Wench.
1748. Dyche, Dict., Crummy, full of crumb; also fat, rich, plump, or fleshy.
1768. Buys, Terms of Art, Crummy (Figuratively), plump or fleshy. ‘A Crummy Lass.’
1827. A. Fonblanque, Eng. under 7 Administ. (1837), I. 40. We would … much rather find the whole House [of Lords] in rich, crummy widows, than let them meddle with our bread.
1861. H. Kingsley, Hillyars & Burtons (Farmer). ‘You’re crummy … but you ain’t what I’d call fat.’
1877. N. W. Linc. Gloss., Crummy, fat, in good condition.
† 4. Obs. spelling of CRUMBY 2.
