Thinking-man-s-crumpet Definition

noun
(UK, slang) An intelligent and good looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.
Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
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Singular:
thinking-man-s-crumpet
Plural:
thinking man's crumpets

Origin of Thinking-man-s-crumpet

  • Coined 1960s by Frank Muir to describe Joan Bakewell, following the latter’s appearances in high-brow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up.

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  • From crumpet (“sexually desirable woman (UK slang)”).

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