"patty cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-patty cake.ogg [Australia] Forms: patty cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} patty cake (countable and uncountable, plural patty cakes)
  1. (uncountable) A children's clapping game, played while reciting a rhyme about baking a cake. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-patty_cake-en-noun-VDMLAdlS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (countable, Australia) A cupcake or fairy cake. Tags: Australia, countable
    Sense id: en-patty_cake-en-noun-DzYnuXob Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

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Download JSON data for patty cake meaning in English (1.9kB)

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