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coffee and cakes

coffee and cakes noun: a meagre salary.

Noun

coffee and cakes (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A meagre salary.
    • Most of our actors are working on the cooperative basis. Do you know what that means? It means you get part of it if it comes in, and in a lot of cases that means coffee and cakes.1932, United States. Congress. Senate. Finance Committee, Revenue Act of 1932, Hearings
    • Past jobs on air have paid coffee and cakes here.1945, Billboard, volume 57, number 34

Questions about coffee and cakes

What does coffee and cakes mean?
Coffee and cakes means a meagre salary.
What part of speech is coffee and cakes?
Coffee and cakes is a noun.

Words near coffee and cakes in the dictionary

  1. coffearin
  2. coffearine
  3. coffed
  4. coffee
  5. coffee and cake
  6. coffee and cakes
  7. coffee au lait
  8. coffee bag
  9. coffee bags
  10. coffee bar
  11. coffee bars

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