| 单词 | parliament cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparliament cake parliament cake n. a thin flat type of gingerbread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > gingerbread gingerbreada1450 dry leach1570 pepper-gingerbread1598 pepper bread1611 gingerbread nut1734 ginger cake1758 ginger nut1786 parkin1800 parliament gingerbread1809 parliament1812 parliament cake1818 parley1825 spice-nut1829 Pfefferkuchen1856 Hoosier cake1859 1818 Examiner 24 May 331/2 One sort [of cake] are bought and sold almost in every town in England..Parliament cakes. 1965 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby at Allington i. vi. 51 Bewildering Mrs. Pecover by referring to her gingerbread as parliament-cake. 2002 Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Feb. 78 The traditional recipe for Parliament cake is: 4 oz butter or margarine 2 oz caster sugar 8 oz flour 1 large egg 2tbsp golden syrup or black treacle 1tsp ground ginger. < as lemmas |
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