teacake

[ tee-keyk ]

noun

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

Origin of teacake

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

Words Nearby teacake

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How to use teacake in a sentence

It dispenses all kinds of dreams—bad dreams, good dreams,short nightmares to stave off worse ones, recurring dreams with a teacake marshmallow center.
Five poems about the mind | Cynthia Miller, Paula Bohince, Anthony Anaxagorou, Tishani Doshi, Zeina Hashem Beck | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
He fed me with little pieces of hot teacake and other dainties.
The Story of Bawn | Katharine Tynan
When I went to tell them tea was ready, and there was a teacake, Dora was crying like anything and Alice hugging her.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers | E. Nesbit
She had got a hot teacake for him, and she was a little hurt that he was dark and preoccupied as he consumed it.
Kipps | H. G. Wells
He had always been such a boy for teacake, and then when one went out specially and got him one——!
Kipps | H. G. Wells

I laughed, and asked whether our teacake was ready, and looked out of the window.
Willing to Die | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

British Dictionary definitions for teacake

teacake

/ (ˈtiːˌkeɪk) /

noun

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

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