buckwheat cake


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buck′wheat cake`


n.
a pancake made with buckwheat flour.
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Noun1.buckwheat cake - a pancake made with buckwheat flour
battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake, griddlecake - a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
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I'll bet she meets us at the door of Heaven with a big pitcher of water, and a lot of buckwheat cakes, hot, and toasted on both sides, like Bob and me was fond of.
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The buckwheat cake was in her mouth, The tear was in her eye.
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