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Pontefract cake

Pontefract cake noun: a small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.

Noun

Pontefract cake (plural Pontefract cakes)

  1. A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.

Forms of Pontefract cake

pluralPontefract cakes

Origin of Pontefract cake

From the Yorkshire town of the same name, Pontefract, where production of the sweets can be traced back to the 1500s.

Questions about Pontefract cake

What does Pontefract cake mean?
Pontefract cake means a small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.
What part of speech is Pontefract cake?
Pontefract cake is a noun.
What is the plural of Pontefract cake?
The plural of Pontefract cake is Pontefract cakes.

Words near Pontefract cake in the dictionary

  1. Ponte-Leccia
  2. pontederiaceous
  3. pontee
  4. pontees
  5. Pontefract
  6. Pontefract cake
  7. Pontefract cakes
  8. Ponteilla
  9. Ponteix
  10. Ponteland
  11. pontellid

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