kissing-crust

noun

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

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Meanings

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

    he cuts a massy fragment from the rich curly kissing-crust, that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf[…]

    1840, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England
    1 more example

    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

    1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Origin

From kissing + crust.

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kissing-crust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kissing-crust

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“kissing-crust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kissing-crust. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kissing-crust,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kissing-crust.

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