cake-eater
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.
American usage; Dated; Slang
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, eater.
Example Sentences
- "And you fellows, if you find some cake-eaters trying to take advantage of your sister, what are you going to do?"
- ""Nowadays, these cake-eaters all died young. They had no teeth. They all went to doctors who fixed teeth. But still they died young and without their teeth.""
- ""'... We got us a cake eater, right here at the sink!' He turned to me. 'Have you ever had your hands dirty, new kid?'""
- "If ever there was a birthday in the home she would bake a special cake for the occasion, with the result that very few of our inmates lasted for more than a year. I myself am no great cake-eater, and I made a special point of keeping my birthday secret."