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fruitcakes

fruitcakes is the plural of fruitcake.

Meaning of fruitcake

Noun

fruitcake (countable and uncountable, plural fruitcakes)

  1. A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
    • Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.1952, Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadl, page 7
  3. (US, colloquial, dated, derogatory, slang) A homosexual male.
    Synonyms:
    fruit

Questions about fruitcakes

What is fruitcakes the plural of?
Fruitcakes is the plural of fruitcake.

Words near fruitcakes in the dictionary

  1. fruitborer
  2. fruitborers
  3. fruitbowl
  4. fruitbowls
  5. fruitcake
  6. fruitcakes
  7. fruitcakey
  8. fruitcaky
  9. fruitcase
  10. fruitcases
  11. fruitchouli

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