Citations:crumb cruncher

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English citations of crumb cruncher

Noun: "(slang, humorous or pejorative) a child"[edit]

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  • 1975 — Loyd Little, Parthian Shot, Viking Press (1977), →ISBN, page 135:
    A dozen crumb crunchers scurried around the floor.
  • 1999 — Marisa Carroll, Winter Soldier, Harlequin (1999), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    "I thought you told me you came on the mission to get away from your adorable crumb crunchers."
  • 2001Raye Morgan, Working Overtime, Silhouette Books (2001), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    "You wouldn't dare go in where all those crumb crunchers are swarming. Would you?"
  • 2009 — Deborah Kinnard, Angel With a Ray Gun, Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc. (2009), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Near the exit door stood Darth himself, with a six-month-old crumb cruncher in his arms.
  • 2010Kevin Leman, Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence, & Change Your Life in 5 Days, Revell (2010), →ISBN, page 65:
    When you get the wedding photos back and see that one of the six-year-old crumb crunchers has pulled his shirttail out of his fly, therefore spoiling the portrait, two to one says he's a lastborn.