"deadcake" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "doodkoek",
        "lit": "death cake"
      },
      "expansion": "Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”)",
      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dead"
      },
      "expansion": "English dead",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”), equivalent to dood + koek (English dead + cake).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deadcakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deadcake (plural deadcakes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1905, George S. Roberts, Old Schenectady, page 45:",
          "text": "The cakes were of an especial kind and were called \"deadcakes.\" In the case of a funeral in the family of the rich, or of those high-up in the official life of the Colony, large sums were spent on the wine and it was not unusual for a supply of it to be put in the cellar long before the first death so that it would be on hand and improving by age.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Jonathan Pearson, First Reformed Church of Schenectady, Three centuries: the history of the First Reformed Church of Schenectady, 1689-1980:",
          "text": "...and of the festivities following Dutch Reformed Church funerals, during which the men who had been invited met after the interment and heartily (some said riotously) toasted the departed with choice wine and \"deadcakes\" prepared especially for the occasion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Don Corbly, The Last Colonials, →ISBN, page 191:",
          "text": "In addition, they delivered a bottle of wine, a pair of gloves, and two “deadcakes” that were actually large cookies not to be eaten, but kept as a memento of the deceased.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often with the initials of the deceased inscribed."
      ],
      "id": "en-deadcake-en-noun-gQ1cexyp",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often with the initials of the deceased inscribed."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dead cake"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "deadcake"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "doodkoek",
        "lit": "death cake"
      },
      "expansion": "Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”)",
      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dead"
      },
      "expansion": "English dead",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”), equivalent to dood + koek (English dead + cake).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deadcakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deadcake (plural deadcakes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms calqued from Dutch",
        "English terms derived from Dutch",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1905, George S. Roberts, Old Schenectady, page 45:",
          "text": "The cakes were of an especial kind and were called \"deadcakes.\" In the case of a funeral in the family of the rich, or of those high-up in the official life of the Colony, large sums were spent on the wine and it was not unusual for a supply of it to be put in the cellar long before the first death so that it would be on hand and improving by age.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Jonathan Pearson, First Reformed Church of Schenectady, Three centuries: the history of the First Reformed Church of Schenectady, 1689-1980:",
          "text": "...and of the festivities following Dutch Reformed Church funerals, during which the men who had been invited met after the interment and heartily (some said riotously) toasted the departed with choice wine and \"deadcakes\" prepared especially for the occasion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Don Corbly, The Last Colonials, →ISBN, page 191:",
          "text": "In addition, they delivered a bottle of wine, a pair of gloves, and two “deadcakes” that were actually large cookies not to be eaten, but kept as a memento of the deceased.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often with the initials of the deceased inscribed."
      ],
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        "(historical) A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often with the initials of the deceased inscribed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dead cake"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deadcake"
}