patty cake

noun

A cupcake or fairy cake.

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Meanings

nounpatty cake (countable and uncountable, plural patty cakes)

plural patty cakes

  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of pattycake.
  2. AustraliacountableA cupcake or fairy cake.

    When his task was completed we'd lie on the freshly mown lawn, watch clouds heap themselves towards heaven, listen to Carmen, and wait for Mamie's patty cakes to come out of the oven.

    2012, Sophie Boswell, Breaking Loose: An Australian Story
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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