English
Noun
cake-eater
#slang a lounge lizard
- slang someone of upper-class background, or who has been excessively well-off
#*1956, Joseph Caruso, The Priest, ISBN 0405108214, page 158:
#:"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."
#*2004, Zac Unger, Working Fire: The Making of an Accidental Fireman'', page 8:
#:"'... We got us a cake eater, right here at the sink!' He turned to me. 'Have you ever had your hands dirty, new kid?'"
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