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cake crumbs

cake crumbs noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, crumbs.

Noun

cake crumbs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, crumbs.
  2. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Hardly anything.
    • All that was left of his business were a few measly cake crumbs.

Questions about cake crumbs

What does cake crumbs mean?
Cake crumbs means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, crumbs.
What part of speech is cake crumbs?
Cake crumbs is a noun.

Words near cake crumbs in the dictionary

  1. cake and wine
  2. cake ball
  3. cake balls
  4. cake boy
  5. cake boys
  6. cake crumbs
  7. cake day
  8. cake days
  9. cake fork
  10. cake forks
  11. cake hole

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