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121cake/game is not worth the candle — To say that the cake (or the game) is not worth the candle means that the advantages to be gained from doing something are not worth the effort involved. He recorded an album but sold very few copies; the cake wasn t worth the candle …
122cake tin — noun (C) BrE 1 a metal container in which you bake a cake 2 a metal container with a lid, that you keep a cake in …
123cake tin — /ˈkeɪk tɪn/ (say kayk tin) noun 1. a deep or shallow tin, usually rounded, oblong or rectangular, in which a cake mix is placed for baking in the oven. 2. an airtight tin in which cake is stored …
124cake makeup — noun : a tinted cosmetic base usually in semimoist cake form used as a foundation for face powder * * * face makeup in the form of a cake, usually applied with a damp sponge …
125cake makeup — face makeup in the form of a cake, usually applied with a damp sponge. * * * …
126cake crumbs — noun Hardly anything. All left of his business were a few measly cake crumbs …
127cake walk — noun a) A type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century. b) From the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from …
128cake mix — noun A powdered mixture of the dry ingredients used to produce a cake or the finished mixture before baking …
