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noun
A small cake or cookie served at a funeral in Dutch-settled colonial New York, often inscribed with the initials of the deceased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”), equivalent to dood + koek (English dead + cake).
