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coffee and cakes

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A meagre salary.

slang, uncountable

Examples

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.”
Past jobs on air have paid coffee and cakes here.”

CEFR level

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