Citations:crumb crusher
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English citations of crumb crusher
Noun: "(African American Vernacular English, slang) a child"
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- 1973 — A. S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, page 45:
- The little bitch — outta the clear blue — told me one night that she was going to have a crumb crusher!
- 1985 — Alan V. Hewat, Lady's Time, Harper & Row (1985), →ISBN, page 28:
- When I was small, no more than a crumb crusher, she told me his name and how he looked, so tall and handsome.
- 1986 — Iceberg Slim, Death Wish, Holloway House (1986), →ISBN, page 138:
- "Ra, I'd roll and cry like a crumb crusher, blocking the door so you couldn't get in the wind. […]
- 1990 — John Edgar Wideman, Fever: Twelve Stories, Penguin Books (1990), page 160:
- Long as I ain't got no ole lady and crumb crushers.
- 1999 — Connie Porter, Imani All Mine, Mariner Books (2000), →ISBN, page 135:
- He say, Don't you be laughing at me, you crumb crusher.
- 2007 — Francine Craft, The Way You Make Me Feel, Kimani Press (2007), →ISBN, page 113:
- "How many crumb crushers should we have?"