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patty cake

patty cake noun: a cupcake or fairy cake. Also the alternative spelling of pattycake.

patty cake: a cupcake or fairy cake
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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

Also used as

patty cake is also the alternative spelling of pattycake.

Forms of patty cake

pluralpatty cakes

Questions about patty cake

What does patty cake mean?
Patty cake means a cupcake or fairy cake.
What part of speech is patty cake?
Patty cake is a noun.
What is the plural of patty cake?
The plural of patty cake is patty cakes.

Words near patty cake in the dictionary

  1. Pattuhsons
  2. Pattullo
  3. Pattullos
  4. Pattwell
  5. patty
  6. patty cake
  7. patty cakes
  8. patty case
  9. patty cases
  10. patty iron
  11. patty irons

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