"guess cake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: guess cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} guess cake (plural guess cakes)
  1. (historical) A cake used in a fundraising game, in which individuals pay money to guess the weight of a cake (or, in other versions, to guess the identity of an object baked into the cake), with the cake going to the winner. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-guess_cake-en-noun-HPq2xLnc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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