English Explanatory Dictionary

deadcake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often inscribed with the initials of the deceased.

Word forms

deadcake deadcakes dead cake

Etymology

Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”), equivalent to dood + koek (English dead + cake).

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