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Banbury cakes

Banbury cakes is the plural of Banbury cake.

Meaning of Banbury cake

Noun

Banbury cake (plural Banbury cakes)

  1. A spiced, currant-filled, flat pastry cake similar to an Eccles cake, but more oval in shape.
    • Didcot had one definite pleasure. We knew that little boys would be going up and down the platform singing out, "Banbury cakes! Banbury cakes!" And mother would crane out and buy some, just to encourage the crew.1948 November and December, “By Broad Gauge to Cornwall”, in Railway Magazine, page 357
    Synonyms:
    Banbury tart

Questions about Banbury cakes

What is Banbury cakes the plural of?
Banbury cakes is the plural of Banbury cake.

Words near Banbury cakes in the dictionary

  1. Banburismus
  2. Banburist
  3. Banburists
  4. Banbury
  5. Banbury cake
  6. Banbury cakes
  7. Banbury mixer
  8. Banbury mixers
  9. Banbury stories
  10. Banbury stories of a cock and a bull
  11. Banbury stories of a cock and bull

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