cake-eater

plural cake-eaters

1. USdatedendearingslangusuallyA well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.

   And you fellows, if you find some cake-eaters trying to take advantage of your sister, what are you going to do?

   1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 21, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan

   2 more examples

   "Nowadays, these cake-eaters all died young. They had no teeth. They all went to doctors who fixed teeth. But still they died young and without their teeth."

   1956, Joseph Caruso, The Priest, →ISBN, page 158

   "'... We got us a cake eater, right here at the sink!' He turned to me. 'Have you ever had your hands dirty, new kid?'"

   2004, Zac Unger, Working Fire: The Making of an Accidental Fireman, page 8

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, eater.

   If ever there was a birthday in the home she would bake a special cake for the occasion, with the result that very few of our inmates lasted for more than a year. I myself am no great cake-eater, and I made a special point of keeping my birthday secret.

   1965, Chaim Bermant, Berl Make Tea, Chapman and Hall, page 12