barmcake

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noun

A barm (bread roll).

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Meanings

nounbarmcake (plural barmcakes)

plural barmcakes · alternative barm cake

  1. UKA barm (bread roll).

    Without these deprivations we would have missed the exquisite pleasure of a Spam barmcake, bought at a local cafe on pay day.

    1975, Joan Markham, The Lamp was Dimmed: The Story of a Nurse's Training
  2. UKA foolish person.

    "More like his coffin if the barmcake tries to take on the river tonight. Och, but it'll serve him right."

    2003, Stephen Elboz, An Ocean of Magic

Origin

From barm + cake.

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Cite this entry
APA

barmcake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barmcake

MLA

“barmcake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barmcake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barmcake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barmcake.

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