tharcake

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noun

A cake made from meal, treacle, and butter, eaten on the night of the fifth of November.

OriginMiddle English þerf cake →
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Meanings

nountharcake (plural tharcakes)

plural tharcakes · alternative tharf-cake · alternative thardcake

  1. UKdialectalA cake made from meal, treacle, and butter, eaten on the night of the fifth of November.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishþerf cake
  2. Englishtharcake

From Middle English þerf cake; equivalent to tharf (“unleavened”) + cake.

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APA

tharcake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tharcake

MLA

“tharcake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tharcake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tharcake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tharcake.

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