Kissing-crust

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.

    "how he would recommend this slice of white bread, or that piece of kissing crust, to a tender juvenile, advising them all to have a care of cracking their teeth"

Example

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"how he would recommend this slice of white bread, or that piece of kissing crust, to a tender juvenile, advising them all to have a care of cracking their teeth"

Etymology

From kissing + crust.

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