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patty-cake
(redirected from Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man)

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pat·ty-cake  (pt-kk)
n.
A child's game in which two participants gently strike the palms of their hands together in rhythmic beat, often accompanied by a nursery rhyme.

[Alteration of pat-a-cake, the first words of the nursery rhyme accompanying the game.]


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Pat-a-Cake (21 letters ABCDEFHIKMNOPRSTUVWY, using ABCDEIKMNOPRT) Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can; Bake it and prick it and mark it with a T, And put it in the oven for Tommy and me Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker man; Make me a cake at once in a pan.
 
 
 
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