"sheath cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sheath cakes [plural]
Etymology: Alteration of sheet cake, possibly because in some Southern accents sheet sounds like shit. First attested in the mid or late twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sheet cake}} sheet cake, {{m|en|sheet}} sheet, {{m|en|shit}} shit Head templates: {{en-noun}} sheath cake (plural sheath cakes)
  1. (Southern US) Alternative form of sheet cake Tags: Southern-US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sheet cake
    Sense id: en-sheath_cake-en-noun-xAxBj0FW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Southern US English

Inflected forms

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