Thinking man's crumpet
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In British English, the thinking man's crumpet or thinking woman's crumpet is a humorous term for a person who is popular with the opposite sex because of their intelligence and their physical attract
Benedict Cumberbatch 2011
Helen Mirren 2014
Joan Bakewell
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Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is president of Birkbeck, University of London; she is also an author a
Thinking man's crumpet
…the term "crumpet" to refer to a woman who is regarded as an object of sexual desire. The first person to be called "the thinking man's crumpet" was Joan Bakewell, by humourist Frank Muir, following her appearances in highbrow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up. Bakewell is still…
Bakewell in 2018
Birkbeck College, University of London