Talk:crumble

Possible missing noun senses

Chambers 1908 has "a crumb; that which crumbles easily". I suppose they aren't referring to the dessert specifically. Equinox ◑ 02:03, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Also archaic form of "crumple"?

• 1836-37, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

  Into one pocket of this greatcoat, he thrust his left hand the moment he dismounted, while from the other he drew forth, with his right, a very bright and glaring silk handkerchief, with which he whisked a speck or two of dust from his boots, and then, crumbling it in his hand, swaggered up the court.

Some editions replace the word with "crumpling". Equinox ◑ 20:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)