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poor man's cake

poor man's cake noun: a Depression cake.

Noun

poor man's cake

  1. A Depression cake.

Questions about poor man's cake

What does poor man's cake mean?
Poor man's cake means a Depression cake.
What part of speech is poor man's cake?
Poor man's cake is a noun.

Words near poor man's cake in the dictionary

  1. poor man's
  2. poor man's asparagus
  3. poor man's black velvet
  4. poor man's butter
  5. poor man's cabbage
  6. poor man's cake
  7. poor man's caviar
  8. poor man's cocaine
  9. poor man's concrete
  10. poor man's copyright
  11. poor man's diamond

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