noun
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a rich cake containing mixed dried fruit, lemon peel, nuts, etc
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slang a person considered to be eccentric or insane
Etymology
Origin of fruitcake
Example Sentences
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His favourite treat, however, is the Simnel cake, a traditional fruitcake typically made with a layer of either marzipan or almond paste and associated with Lent.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
For over-the-top extravagance, honors have to go to a British version that crowns a rich fruitcake with a layer of marzipan icing.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
What you might recognize as a modern-style fruitcake – a moist, leavened dessert studded with fruits and nuts – was probably first baked in the early Middle Ages in Europe.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
Two friends from New York have been exchanging the same fruitcake since the late 1950s.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
I leave out the part about my sister being older than me and nutty as a fruitcake.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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