pattycake
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pattycake
- /ˈpætikeɪk/ US
noun pat-a-cake · patacake
- A children's game in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands, often to the accompaniment of the nursery rhyme "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man".
- A childish or time-wasting activity. This Cherokee County Sheriff goes about two-fifty and he don't play pattycake. He's gonna wanna know where you were yesterday.
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Talk about this word "pattycake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pattycake. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. pattycake. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pattycake "pattycake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pattycake.
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@misc{pattycake_2026,
title = {pattycake},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pattycake},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
