"cake boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cake boy.ogg [Australia] Forms: cake boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cake boy (plural cake boys)
  1. (derogatory, slang, dated) A young metrosexual male. Tags: dated, derogatory, slang Synonyms: cake-boy
    Sense id: en-cake_boy-en-noun-fyhD2laW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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