Etymology

heavy cake

Today it means: A cake of Cornish origin, made with flour, lard, butter, milk, sugar, and raisins. Full definition →

Cornish hedva
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  1. Cornish · derived fromhedva“swarm, shoal”
  2. English todayheavy cake

Folk-etymological alteration of hevva cake; ultimately from Cornish hedva (“swarm, shoal”).

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