Meanings
nounsheath cake (plural sheath cakes)
plural sheath cakes
- Southern USalternativeAlternative form of sheet cake.
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Origin
Alteration of sheet cake, possibly because in some Southern accents sheet sounds like shit. First attested in the mid or late twentieth century.
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APA
sheath cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheath%20cake
MLA
“sheath cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheath%20cake. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheath cake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheath%20cake.
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