crumber
1
8.1
A small tool for sweeping crumbs from a table
- noun
- /ˈkrʌmbər/
- US
:
recogedor de migas
- After dinner, the restaurant staff quickly cleaned up using a crumber to tidy the tables.
Examples
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And wash the crumber before you put it up this time.
Fiction book (1998) -
The waiter used a crumber to sweep away the crumbs from the table after the meal.
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In the fine dining restaurant, each table had a crumber for the staff to remove leftover crumbs.
Synonyms
9.9
A small handheld container with a lid for collecting crumbs or ashes
removes crumbs actively rather than storing them
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Etymology
Crumber for the small tool comes from the same parts: crumb ('small piece of food') and the ending -er, which often names tools like a toaster. So a crumber is a little tool used to sweep or pick up crumbs from a table.