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icings on the cakes

icings on the cakes is the plural of icing on the cake.

Meaning of icing on the cake

Noun

icing on the cake (plural (both rare) icings on the cake or icings on the cakes)

  1. (idiomatic) A thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad.
    • We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.

Questions about icings on the cakes

What is icings on the cakes the plural of?
Icings on the cakes is the plural of icing on the cake.

Words near icings on the cakes in the dictionary

  1. icing up
  2. icinged
  3. icinglike
  4. icings
  5. icings on the cake
  6. icings on the cakes
  7. ICJ
  8. ick
  9. ick factor
  10. ick factors
  11. Ickburgh

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