queen-cake
See also: queencake and queen cake
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]queen-cake (plural queen-cakes)
- Alternative form of queen cake
- 1800, Maria Edgeworth, “The Waste Not, Want Not; or, Two Strings to Your Bow.”, in The Parent’s Assistant, or Stories for Children. […], 3rd edition, volume V, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], by G[eorge] Woodfall, […], →OCLC, page 148:
- Hal, who was waſteful even in his good-nature, threw a whole queen-cake to the dog, who ſwallowed it for a ſingle mouthful. […] [H]e ate and ate, as he walked along, till at laſt he ſtopped, and ſaid, "This bun taſtes ſo bad after the queen-cakes, I can't bear it!"
- 1840, Frances Trollope, “Judgments Formed, and Sentiments Generated— […]”, in The Widow Married; […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 319–320:
- I'm quite ready when I'm done eating this one queen-cake more.
- 1914, Angela Brazil, “Monitress Mildred”, in The Girls of St. Cyprian’s, [France]: Culturea, published 2023, →ISBN, page 147:
- "I'm sure my brains work better when they're lubricated with tea," declared Bess Harrison, tilting back her chair at a comfortable though rather dangerous angle, and accepting the queen-cake which Lottie Lowman offered her.