Barm cake
noun
(Lancashire, dialect) a round flat soft bread roll
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a member of a noble Persian family of Baghdad who, according to a tale in The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, gave a beggar a pretended feast with empty dishes. Barmecidal. Historical Examples And here they sat around the green table, forlorn as the guests at a Barmecide feast. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, […]
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