"cake and wine" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cake and wine (uncountable)
  1. (US, naval slang) A restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure. Tags: US, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cake_and_wine-en-noun-KZPVX9kq Categories (other): American English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8 Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, wine. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cake_and_wine-en-noun-vsHVwnlV

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