deadcake

词形变化

deadcakes 复数 deadcakes

别名

dead cake

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often inscribed with the initials of the deceased.

    历史

词源

Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”), equivalent to dood + koek (English dead + cake).

来源：wiktionary