What is a kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick called?
simnel — A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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