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barmcake

noun

Etymology

From barm + cake.

  1. derived from *kakǭ✻
  2. derived from kaka
  3. inherited from cake
  4. compounded as barmcake — “barm + cake”

Definitions

  1. A barm (bread roll).

    • Without these deprivations we would have missed the exquisite pleasure of a Spam barmcake, bought at a local cafe on pay day.

  2. A foolish person.

    • "More like his coffin if the barmcake tries to take on the river tonight. Och, but it'll serve him right."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA