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hot cake

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[ haht keyk ]

noun

  1. a pancake or griddlecake.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hot cake1

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. 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.

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Perhaps all of the restaurants selling cabbage dishes like hot cakes or Danny’s special dish on this week’s “Top Chef” episode might be the harbinger of a new era for the cruciferous standby.

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I always say, there’s nothing like fresh hot cake and cold milk to make a body feel better on a funeral day.

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And it sold like hot cakes, apparently, at a time when hot cakes were selling pretty well.

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Released under the title “Lafayette,” it was the first commercial recording of Cajun music ever made, and it sold like hot cakes.

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With a smile, the hotteok lady gave her one more of the piping hot cakes and shooed the kids away.

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