noun
Street Slang
king cake
· noun · nola
Cinnamon ring cake with a plastic baby inside, eaten through Carnival.
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An oval braided cinnamon cake glazed with sugar in Mardi Gras colours — purple for justice, green for faith, gold for power. A tiny plastic baby is hidden inside; whoever gets the slice with the baby has to buy the next king cake. Eaten only between Twelfth Night (6 January) and Fat Tuesday.
“Karen got the baby again so she's on king cake duty Friday.”
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king cake In A Sentence
Karen got the baby again so she's on king cake duty Friday.
Origin & Usage
Brought to Louisiana by French settlers as the 'gâteau des rois' celebrating Epiphany. The plastic baby (originally a bean, then a porcelain figure) represents the Christ child.
Variants
kingcake
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