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barmcake en · NOUN

Etymology

From barm + cake.

Meanings

1. (UK) A barm (bread roll).
   • Without these deprivations we would have missed the exquisite pleasure of a Spam barmcake, bought at a local cafe on pay day. 1975, Joan Markham, The Lamp was Dimmed: The Story of a Nurse's Training:
2. (UK) A foolish person.
   • "More like his coffin if the barmcake tries to take on the river tonight. Och, but it'll serve him right." 2003, Stephen Elboz, An Ocean of Magic:

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