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cāke
n.
48 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A flat cake or loaf; also, an unbaked cake or loaf, a lump of doug;
haver (ote, oten) cake
, a cake of oaten bread;
therf cake
, a cake of unleavened bread;
barli cake, flouren cake, spiced cake
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