cakes and ale
noun/ˌkeɪks n̩ ˈeɪl/US
Etymology
From William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night (written c. 1601–1602), Act II, scene iii: see the quotation.
Definitions
The simple material pleasures of life.
- To furnish the cakes and ale of the mind, is, we take it, the proper virtue of novels. It is for mental delight and recreation that we resort to them.
Lively fun and merrymaking.
- Doſt thou thinke becauſe thou art vertuous, there ſhall be no more Cakes and Ale?
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cakes and ale. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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