hot cake
or hot·cake
a pancake or griddlecake.
Idioms about hot cake
sell / go like hot cakes, to be disposed of very quickly and effortlessly, especially in quantity: His record sold like hot cakes on the first day after its release.
Origin of hot cake
1regional variation note For hot cake
Words Nearby hot cake
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How to use hot cake in a sentence
The hot cake is as much savory as sweet, and I dig its subtle chew.
The terrific Uncle C’s tells a little known story about fried chicken in America | Tim Carman | September 27, 2021 | Washington PostI shall ring the bell for some more bread-and-butter; I know you dined early; and this hot cake will do you no good.'
Uncle Max | Rosa Nouchette CareyAll very fine to jeer at it now in cold print but it goes down like hot cake that stuff.
Ulysses | James JoyceJust because he didn't come from St. Petersburg, then you drop them like a hot cake.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyJoel dropped his doughnut to his plate as if it had been a hot cake, and leaned over to fasten his black eyes on her big face.
The Adventures of Joel Pepper | Margaret Sidney
We have plenty hot cake, and beans and pork, and a little how-you-are from a jar behin' the door.
The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete | Gilbert Parker
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