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- Dutch · calque ofdoodkoek
- English todaydeadcake
Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”), equivalent to dood + koek (English dead + cake).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
deadcake
Today it means: A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often inscribed with the initials of the deceased. Full definition →
Dutch doodkoek