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单词 cake of custom
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cake of custom
11. figurative. A mass or aggregate of tradition, law, etc., built up over time, esp. in cake of custom.From branch A. II.: cf. sense A. 6b.
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1867 W. Bagehot in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 531 The object of such organizations is to create what may be called a cake of custom.
1879 H. George Progress & Poverty x. i. 433 A body or ‘cake’ of laws and customs grows up.
1974 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd in S. Fishman et al. Teacher, Student & Society ii. iv. 127 Caught less firmly than the elementary school in the cake of tradition.., the high school has been more adaptable.
2002 E. Heath Morality & Market c. i. 546/1 War tends to break up the cake of custom, the net of tradition.
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