Etymology

tharcake

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Today it means: A cake made from meal, treacle, and butter, eaten on the night of the fifth of November. Full definition →

Middle English þerf cake
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromþerf cake
  2. English todaytharcake

From Middle English þerf cake; equivalent to tharf (“unleavened”) + cake.

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