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bridecake|ˈbraɪdkeɪk| Also 9 bride's-cake. [f. bride- = wedding.] A rich, highly ornamented cake, eaten at a wedding; wedding cake.
1552Huloet, Bryde cake, sumanalia. a1600Rob. Hood (Ritson) ii. i. 211, I got a good piece Of bride-cake, and so came away. 1606Choice, Chance, etc. (1881) 54 Breakefast, where a bride-cake and a messe of cream, with the help of a cold pie, staied our stomackes well. 1666Pepys Diary 17 Aug., Had a piece of bridecake sent me by Mrs. Barbary. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall (1849) 474 Loads of bride-cake were distributed. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring L. 171 Slices of the bride-cake. |