"marzipan layer" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "by analogy with the layer of marzipan below the icing on a Christmas cake",
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    {
      "form": "marzipan layers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm"
      ],
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        [
          "stockbroking",
          "stockbroking"
        ],
        [
          "executive",
          "executive"
        ],
        [
          "partner",
          "partner"
        ],
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ]
      ],
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        "(British, slang, finance) stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm"
      ],
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        "British",
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      ],
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        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "all those just below the highest echelon in any sphere"
      ],
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        [
          "highest",
          "highest"
        ],
        [
          "echelon",
          "echelon"
        ],
        [
          "sphere",
          "sphere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) all those just below the highest echelon in any sphere"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links"
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  "etymology_text": "by analogy with the layer of marzipan below the icing on a Christmas cake",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "marzipan layers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "en:Finance"
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        "stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm"
      ],
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          "stockbroking",
          "stockbroking"
        ],
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        ],
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          "partner",
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        ],
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          "firm",
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        "(British, slang, finance) stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm"
      ],
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        "British",
        "slang"
      ],
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        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
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        "all those just below the highest echelon in any sphere"
      ],
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          "highest"
        ],
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          "echelon",
          "echelon"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) all those just below the highest echelon in any sphere"
      ],
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      ]
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