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bake-off (bāk′ôf′)
noun
a cooking contest in which participants prepare their own recipes, as for a specified kind of cake
Etymology: prob. < Bake-Off, trademark for an annual baking contest first conducted by the Pillsbury Company in 1949, although similar formations such as playoff and runoff date from the 19th c.
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