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bake-off, n. Chiefly U.S. and Austral.
Brit. |ˈbeɪkɒf|, U.S. |ˈbeɪkˌɔf|, |ˈbeɪkˌɑf|
[‹ bake v. + off adv., after play-off n. Compare cook-off n.]
A baking competition, esp. one between non-professional contestants. Also in extended use. Cf. cook-off n.
1949Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 1 Dec. 3/1 In a grand final bake-off at the Waldorf-Astoria, Pillsbury Mills will award $150,000 in prizes. 1965Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 18 July 22/2 The Bake-Off..attracts national attention as the greatest recipe quest in this country. 1987G. Keillor Leaving Home (1989) 113 The bake-off was part of the afternoon grandstand program. 2003Guardian 26 June (Life section) 25/1 In a series of ‘bake-off’ tests between Apple and Intel systems, Jobs showed the G5 system completing a variety of graphical tasks well ahead of its Intel-powered rival. |