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Shrewsbury cakes

Shrewsbury cakes is the plural of Shrewsbury cake.

Meaning of Shrewsbury cake

Noun

Shrewsbury cake (plural Shrewsbury cakes)

  1. A type of flat, crisp biscuit traditionally made in Shrewsbury.
    • Why Brother Willfull of Salop, you may be as ſhort as a Shrewſbury Cake, if you pleaſe.1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xv, page 46

Questions about Shrewsbury cakes

What is Shrewsbury cakes the plural of?
Shrewsbury cakes is the plural of Shrewsbury cake.

Words near Shrewsbury cakes in the dictionary

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