"carcake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carcakes [plural]
Etymology: From care + cake. Compare Scots caurcake, kercake. Etymology templates: {{com|en|care|cake}} care + cake, {{cog|sco|caurcake}} Scots caurcake, {{m|sco|kercake}} kercake Head templates: {{en-noun}} carcake (plural carcakes)
  1. A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday. Synonyms: carecake, caarcake, kercaik, car-cake [Scotland] Related terms: Care Sunday
    Sense id: en-carcake-en-noun-ACjQoC2k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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