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By analogy with the layer of marzipan below the icing on a Christmas cake.
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marzipan layer
Today it means: The stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm. Full definition →
Today it means: The stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm. Full definition →
By analogy with the layer of marzipan below the icing on a Christmas cake.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.