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• #123

United States of America [US]

The dialect of the southern United States.

Word: King Cake

Translation:

doughnut

Meaning:

Extra-large oval doughnut pastry dusted with colored candied sugar. A plastic baby doll is hidden inside the cake--the lucky person who gets the piece of cake with the doll inside (and doesn t break a tooth or swallow it in the process!) buys the next cake for the next party throughout the Mardi Gras season.

back to Southern US

Other Words from Southern US

• Pitcher

• Septin

• Booger

• Shot gun

• Lot

• pantry

• Huckleberry

• Corn bread

• Dissermember

• Conniption

• Mess

• Nigh

• Hi-rise

• Awfully

• Backer barn

• Tell the news

• Lagniappe

• Voodoo

• Ranch

• Okry

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