barmcake

noun — 2 senses

barmcake

noun

Etymology From barm + cake.

1

UK A barm (bread roll).

Without these deprivations we would have missed the exquisite pleasure of a Spam barmcake, bought at a local cafe on pay day.1975, Joan Markham, The Lamp was Dimmed: The Story of a Nurse's Training:

2

UK A foolish person.

"More like his coffin if the barmcake tries to take on the river tonight. Och, but it'll serve him right."2003, Stephen Elboz, An Ocean of Magic:

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