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plum cake

plum cake is the alternative form of plumcake.

Meaning of plumcake

Noun

plumcake (countable and uncountable, plural plumcakes)

  1. A cake made either with dried fruit (such as grapes, currants, raisins or prunes) or with fresh fruit.
    • Ellen's mamma was going out to pay a visit, but she left the children a large piece of rich plumcake to divide between them, that they might play at making feasts.1833, Parley's Magazine, volume 1, page 23

Forms of plum cake

pluralplum cakes

Questions about plum cake

What is plum cake the alternative form of?
Plum cake is the alternative form of plumcake.

Words near plum cake in the dictionary

  1. plum brandy
  2. plum broth
  3. plum broths
  4. plum budder
  5. plum budders
  6. plum cake
  7. plum cakes
  8. plum cash
  9. plum colored
  10. plum coloured
  11. plum curculio

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