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patty-cake definition

patty-cake (pat′ē kāk′)

noun

  1. the opening words of a nursery rhyme
  2. a game played by clapping the hands in rhythm to this rhyme

Etymology: < earlier sp. pat-a-cake

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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