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Pontefract cake

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English

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Etymology

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From the Yorkshire town of the same name, Pontefract, where production of the sweets can be traced back to the 1500s.

Noun

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Pontefract cake (plural Pontefract cakes)

  1. A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.

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