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coffee and cakes en · NOUN
Meanings
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(slang, uncountable) A meagre salary.
Most of our actors are working on the cooperative basis. Do you know what that means? It means you get part of it if it comes in, and in a lot of cases that means coffee and cakes.
1932, United States. Congress. Senate. Finance Committee, Revenue Act of 1932, Hearings:Past jobs on air have paid coffee and cakes here.
1945, Billboard, volume 57, number 34: