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# {{lb|en|slang|sometimes|attributive}} A [[trivial]] amount of [[money]]; [[peanuts]].
# {{lb|en|slang|sometimes|attributive}} A [[trivial]] amount of [[money]]; [[peanuts]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Harvey Frommer|title=The Ultimate Yankee Book|passage=Don't go help those people with their shows for '''coffee-and-cake''' money.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Harvey Frommer|title=The Ultimate Yankee Book|passage=Don't go help those people with their shows for '''coffee-and-cake''' money.}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|coffeecake}}


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[[Category:English coordinated pairs]]

Revision as of 19:28, 21 March 2021

English

Noun

coffee and cake (uncountable)

  1. (slang, sometimes attributive) A trivial amount of money; peanuts.
    • 2017, Harvey Frommer, The Ultimate Yankee Book:
      Don't go help those people with their shows for coffee-and-cake money.

See also