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pat-a-cake

pat-a-cake is the alternative form of patty cake.

Meaning of patty cake

Noun

patty cake (countable and uncountable, plural patty cakes)

  1. (Australia, countable) A cupcake or fairy cake.
    • When his task was completed we'd lie on the freshly mown lawn, watch clouds heap themselves towards heaven, listen to Carmen, and wait for Mamie's patty cakes to come out of the oven.2012, Sophie Boswell, Breaking Loose: An Australian Story

Questions about pat-a-cake

What is pat-a-cake the alternative form of?
Pat-a-cake is the alternative form of patty cake.

Words near pat-a-cake in the dictionary

  1. pat leaves
  2. pat on the back
  3. pat slide
  4. pat slides
  5. PAT testing
  6. pat-a-cake
  7. pat-down
  8. pat-downs
  9. pat-on-the-back
  10. pat. off.
  11. pat. pend.

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