"Twelfth cake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtwɛlfθ ˌkeɪk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-Twelfth cake.ogg [Australia] Forms: Twelfth cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Twelfth cake}} Twelfth cake (plural Twelfth cakes)
  1. A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of January 6th, depending on interpretation). Categories (topical): Twelve Synonyms: epiphany cake, king cake, king's cake, kings' cake, three kings' cake, twelfth day cake

Inflected forms

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