Meanings
nouncoffee and cakes (uncountable)
- slanguncountableentertainmentA meagre salary.
Past jobs on air have paid coffee and cakes here.
1945, Billboard, volume 57, number 341 more example
Most of our actors are working on the cooperative basis. Do you know what that means? It means you get part of it if it comes in, and in a lot of cases that means coffee and cakes.
1932, United States. Congress. Senate. Finance Committee, Revenue Act of 1932, Hearings
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