gingerbread
(dʒɪndʒəʳbred )
uncountable noun
Gingerbread is a sweet biscuit or cookie that is flavoured with ginger. It is often made in the shape of a person or an animal.
It works really well because the gingerbread has a sweet bite to it.
Image of gingerbread
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Idioms:
take the gilt off the gingerbread [British]
to spoil something or make it seem less good
Knowing that Jim didn't want to be there rather took the gilt off the gingerbread.
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