tharcake

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English þerf cake; equivalent to tharf (“unleavened”) +‎ cake.

Noun

tharcake (plural tharcakes)

  1. (UK dialectal) A cake made from meal, treacle, and butter, eaten on the night of the fifth of November.
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