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babycakes

noun
ba·​by·​cakes | \ ˈbā-bē-¦kāks How to pronounce babycakes (audio) \

Definition of babycakes

informal
: sweetheart “A hundred bucks, Babycakes! In one night!” He popped the french fry into his mouth. “Think you can handle that?”— Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, 1978

First Known Use of babycakes

1949, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for babycakes

baby entry 1 + cake entry 1 + -s, suffix of hypocoristic nouns used in address, as Babs, Fats, Toodles

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