hockey cake
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The cake given out to the harvesters when the hock cart (q.v.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “hockey cake” mean?
The cake given out to the harvesters when the hock cart (q.v.
Is “hockey cake” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.