buckwheat cake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buckwheat cake
An Americanism dating back to 1740–50
Example Sentences
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The President reciprocated with the tender of a buckwheat cake.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seven Autopsies on a Battlefield of Mangled Reputations On his first encounter with the buckwheat cake Arnold Bennett is supposed to have remarked: "I say, it isn't half so rotten as it looks!"
From Time Magazine Archive
No, Harry, you can't have any more syrup on your buckwheat cake.
From Virginia by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
Norine opened her black eyes, and held the portion of buckwheat cake on her fork, suspended in space.
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes
We can order a buckwheat cake or a butter-nut, or something equally succulent, and carefully refraining from consuming these dainties, I will tell you all.'
From Psmith in the City by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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