"His cake is all 'dough'" (1860)--Query

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Mon Dec 29 04:58:22 UTC 2003


Just a speculation. "Dough" = the cake before it becomes a cake. So "his
cake is dough" means "his cake is in the making" or "his cake has begun to
be prepared". In this case, it means more or less "his doom is sealed". The
"all" is a superfluous intensifier, I speculate.

-- Doug Wilson



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