Usually means: Celebratory food and drink metaphor.
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  1. cakes and ale: Merriam-Webster
  2. cakes and ale: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cakes and ale: Wiktionary
  4. cakes and ale: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. cakes and ale: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. cakes and ale: Dictionary.com
  7. Cakes and Ale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cakes and ale)

▸ noun:  The simple material pleasures of life.
▸ noun:  Lively fun and merrymaking.

Similar:
breadcraft, cake, poor man's cake, tipsy cake, bread and cheese, cake and wine, cakelet, paradise, King Alfred's cake, cheese and bread, more...

Opposite:
misery, hardship, adversity, sorrow

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Similar:
breadcraft, cake, poor man's cake, tipsy cake, bread and cheese, cake and wine, cakelet, paradise, King Alfred's cake, cheese and bread, more...

Opposite:
misery, hardship, adversity, sorrow



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