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cakes and ale

Noun CEFR C1
ˌkeɪks n̩ ˈeɪl

Definitions

  1. The simple material pleasures of life.
    British, dated, idiomatic, plural, plural-only
  2. Lively fun and merrymaking.
    British, dated, idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Italianorose e fiori

Examples

“To furnish the cakes and ale of the mind⟳, is, we take⟳ it, the proper virtue of novels. It is for mental delight and recreation that we resort to them.”
“Doſt thou thinke becauſe thou art vertuous, there ſhall be no more Cakes and Ale?”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cakeshop cakesicle cakestand cakette cakeverse Cakewalk

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