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patty-cake

patty-cake is the alternative spelling 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 patty-cake

What is patty-cake the alternative spelling of?
Patty-cake is the alternative spelling of patty cake.

Words near patty-cake in the dictionary

  1. patty irons
  2. patty melt
  3. patty melts
  4. patty shell
  5. patty shells
  6. patty-cake
  7. pattycake
  8. pattypan
  9. pattypan squash
  10. pattypans
  11. patté

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