heavy cake

/ˈhɛvi ˌkeɪk/

noun

A cake of Cornish origin, made with flour, lard, butter, milk, sugar, and raisins.

Similar
fuggan
OriginCornish hedva →
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Meanings

nounheavy cake (plural heavy cakes)

plural heavy cakes · alternative hevva cake

  1. A cake of Cornish origin, made with flour, lard, butter, milk, sugar, and raisins.

    Synonyms: fuggan

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cake of Cornish origin, made with flour, lard, butter, milk, sugar, and raisins.

Similar
fuggan
Also see
fuggan

Origin

  1. Cornishhedva“swarm, shoal”
  2. Englishheavy cake

Folk-etymological alteration of hevva cake; ultimately from Cornish hedva (“swarm, shoal”).

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Chicago

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