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fruitcake

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fruit·cake  (frtkk)
n.
1. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits.
2. Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas" (John Strahinich).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fruitcake - a whimsically eccentric person
eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality
2.fruitcake - a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
Christmas cake - a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
simnel - a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas


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It was certainly a departure from Christmas fruitcake.
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