teacake

[ tee-keyk ]

noun

1. a small cake, cookie, tart, or the like, for serving with tea or punch.
2. (in England) a light, flat, sweet cake with raisins, usually buttered and served hot with tea.

teacake

/ ˈtiːˌkeɪk /

noun

1. a flat cake made from a yeast dough with raisins in it, usually eaten toasted and buttered

Word History and Origins

Origin of teacake¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; tea + cake

Example Sentences

It dispenses all kinds of dreams—bad dreams, good dreams,short nightmares to stave off worse ones, recurring dreams with a teacake marshmallow center.

From MIT Technology Review

He fed me with little pieces of hot teacake and other dainties.

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When I went to tell them tea was ready, and there was a teacake, Dora was crying like anything and Alice hugging her.

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She had got a hot teacake for him, and she was a little hurt that he was dark and preoccupied as he consumed it.

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He had always been such a boy for teacake, and then when one went out specially and got him one——!

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I laughed, and asked whether our teacake was ready, and looked out of the window.

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