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cake-eaters

cake-eaters is the plural of cake-eater.

Meaning of cake-eater

Noun

cake-eater (plural cake-eaters)

  1. (US, dated, endearing, slang, usually) A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.
    • And you fellows, if you find some cake-eaters trying to take advantage of your sister, what are you going to do?1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 21, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, eater.
    • If ever there was a birthday in the home she would bake a special cake for the occasion, with the result that very few of our inmates lasted for more than a year. I myself am no great cake-eater, and I made a special point of keeping my birthday secret.1965, Chaim Bermant, Berl Make Tea, Chapman and Hall, page 12

Questions about cake-eaters

What is cake-eaters the plural of?
Cake-eaters is the plural of cake-eater.

Words near cake-eaters in the dictionary

  1. cake-and-arse parties
  2. cake-and-arse party
  3. cake-bread
  4. cake-cutting
  5. cake-eater
  6. cake-eaters
  7. cake-hole
  8. cake-holes
  9. cake-pop
  10. cake-pops
  11. cake-slice

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